Boulogne
Boulogne was a coastal city in France.
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars, Napoléon Bonaparte gathered his armies in Boulogne in preparation for an invasion of England. The Players organised anachronistic torpedos for testing at Boulogne to use against the British Navy, but the Second Doctor sabotaged it. (PROSE: World Game [+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"])
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the Nazi Blitzkrieg of May 1940 at the start of World War II, Boulogne was captured by the German forces under General Heinz Guderian. The Allied forces, mainly of the British Expeditionary Force, were pushed back to nearby Calais. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"])
In May 1983, Harry Sullivan travelled on a ferry from Dover to Boulogne. (PROSE: Harry Sullivan's War [+]Loading...["Harry Sullivan's War (novel)"])
