Its relatively exposed position, in a county so near to German occupied France, meant it was potentially vulnerable to a German airstrike or commando raid; as a precaution, the lakes were covered with brushwood to make the house less identifiable from the air.
It was potentially vulnerable to a German airstrike or commando raid. This was what its relatively exposed position, in a county so near to German occupied France, meant. The lakes were covered with brushwood. This was as a precaution. This was to make the house less identifiable from the air.