THE DAY THE SEA CAUGHT FIRE.

Authors :: Smith, Steven Trent
Source :: World War II. Winter2023, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p48-55. 8p. 8 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: The article discusses the flame-based defensive weapons used by Britain from it shoreline to deter a German invasion. Topics include Britain had used fire in battles in dates back centuries; In 1914 Secretary of the War Council, Lord Maurice Hankey, conceived of a weapon that could be deployed to set fire to the sea itself; and at the Petroleum Warfare Department workshops Sir Donald Banks, a British military officer, was organized the production of fougasse bombs and flame barrage systems.