Entry Text: | WEBB, Adrian James. Churchill’s Secret Chart Makers: The Road to D-Day and Beyond in Somerset 1939-45. xii, 252p., bibliog., illus., index. Taunton: Harry Galloway Publishing, 2024. ISBN: 9781862410527. The untold story of the RN Hydrographic Department based in Taunton, Bath, Exeter and Froome. During the war they produced over thirty million charts and navigational products distributed to almost 5000 allied vessels. A fascinatingly detailed account. |
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