Secondly, Tangemere airfield was a good defence for Sussex in World War 2 mainly because it stationed some of the Britain’s best RAF pilots it stationed Britain’s man planes like the hurricane the spitfire it also helped American bombers make from missions to refuel and be repaired, it also stopped a lot of Luftwaffe bombing and destroying major cities like London and Manchester the battle of Britain. Tangemere also stationed bombers to bomb various cities in Germany. However the downside to this defence was that the public could not see or know what was happening inside this airfield so had no increase n the public’s morale.
Thirdly, Coastal crust was very important to Britain’s defence in the war as it prevented the German army from landing their boats and troops on Sussex beaches. Defences such as Pil boxes large gunning placements secured Sussex’s beaches from invasion, tactics such as Greek fire to stop large German battle ships from landing assured the public of safety.
Coastal crust also stopped the German army from getting to major rivers where they could get into the centre of London from, coastal crust worked very well in theory but never had to be put to the test as operation Sealion was dropped by Hitler.
Finally, Stop lines secured Sussex because f Hitler's army broke through the coastal defences stop lines would be there to slow them down with devices like mounted machine guns and dragon’s teeth to give time for cities t prepare for invasion. The dad lads army also were there as a second defence, the stop lines worked well in theory but were never put to the test and would have worked well with nodal defences, but if used they would have stopped Germans reaching main bridges and rivers.
In conclusion, based on set criteria I think that Tangemere airfield was the most effective as it worked well in theory and worked extremely well as it was used, however its downside was it provided no morale support as it was very secretive.
Coastal crust was very effective and provided good moral support for the civilians of Sussex but was never put to the test so wasn’t as important to Britain’s defence.
Newhaven fort was a very effective part of Britain’s defences as it was large and worked very well in theory but was never put to the test.
Stop lines were not as important to Britain’s defence as they were small defences worked averagely well in theory but worked well with nodal defences, the public would have seen these defences so would have boosted morale a bit.
