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The
GHQ Line (General Headquarters Line) was a defence line built in the
United Kingdom during
World War II to contain an expected
German invasion.
The British Army had abandoned most of its equipment in
France after the
Dunkirk evacuation. It was therefore decided to build a static system of defensive lines around England, all designed to compartmentalise the country and delay the Germans long enough for more mobile forces to counter-attack. Over 50 defensive lines were constructed around England, the GHQ Line being the longest and most important, designed to protect
London and the industrial heart of
England.
The GHQ Line ran from the northern end of the
Taunton Stop Line near
Highbridge in
Somerset, along the
River Brue and the
Kennet and Avon Canal to
Reading, around the south of London south of
Guildford and
Aldershot, to
Canvey Island and
Great Chesterford in
Essex, before heading north to end in
Yorkshire.
On the section of the line in Essex, between Great Chesterford and Canvey Island, the defences were made up of around 400 FW3 type concrete
pillboxes, which were part of the
British hardened field defences of World War II. Well over 100 pillboxes still exist on this section in 2008, with around 40 highly visible FW3 Type 22, 24, 26, 27 and 28 boxes between the Rettendon Turnpike and
Howe Green, mostly alongside the recently constructed
A130. Many more FW3s are still in place north of
Chelmsford along the Chelmer Valley and towards
Great Dunmow.
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