On Remembrance Sunday, we wanted to explore the wartime history of RSPB Minsmere. The low-lying Suffolk coast was a likely target for invasion during World War II. Various measures were put in place to defend the vulnerable coastline and some of these archaeological features are still visible if you visit Minsmere today. At the start of the visitor trail, concrete foundations for Nissan huts are still on display. There were accommodations for the personnel of a battery of anti-aircraft guns, installed to shoot down V1 bombs. A pillbox was even constructed in the ruins of a medieval chapel in an attempt to hide defences from aerial surveillance. Minsmere was important during preparations during the 1940/41 invasion scare too. Exercise Kruschen, one of the first exercises undertaken to devise a drill to overcome concrete defences on Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, took place on the heath, and remains of the mock defences can still be seen. If you visit the shoreline at low tide, the remain...