3806 - The Shingle Street Invasion That Never Was

Picture the Suffolk coast on a stormy night in 1940. Waves crash against a bleak shingle bank, the wind howls through the marshes, and blackout shades cover every window in the tiny hamlet of Shingle Street. It was a place where the war felt uncomfortably close. Just across the North Sea lay occupied Europe. German bombers roared overhead almost nightly, and rumours of an imminent invasion travelled faster than the tide. It was here, in this lonely corner of England, that one of the strangest legends of the Second World War was born. Dur: 27mins File: .mp3

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3806 - The Shingle Street Invasion That Never Was is an episode from The History Network by The History Network.

This episode is 26:18 long.

This episode was published on Jan 18, 2026.

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