Author: Alan F. Wilt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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A study of the planning and thinking that went into the creation of Hitler's "Atlantic Wall," which was intended to prevent the D-Day invasion and throw Allied soldiers back into the sea. The book details how and why the Atlantic Wall failed to perform as Hitler intended.
Author: Richard C. Anderson
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811742717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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Refreshingly different perspective on the momentous events of D-Day.
Author: Anthony Saunders
Publisher: Pitkin
ISBN: 9780750945547
Category : Atlantic Wall (France and Belgium)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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With the ever-growing interest in Hitler's Atlantic Wall, it comes as a surprise that so little has been written about it in the English language until now, that is. In this, the first substantial work in English, author Tony Saunders takes a critical look at the history of the wall, how it was built, what was built and the role it played in the Second World War, together with a guide to what remains to see of it today in France. Hitler conceived the Atlantic Wall during the Second World War as a line of impregnable fortifications along the western coast of Europe to protect his newly conquered empire from seaborne invasion. From 1942 until the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, millions of tons of steel-reinforced concrete were poured into the construction of gun emplacements, bunkers, flak batteries, radar stations, command and observation posts, as well as ammunition dumps and U-boat pens. This huge project stretched from the Franco-Spanish border in the south, following the French Atlantic coast north for 1,500 miles passing through Brittany, around the Cherbourg peninsula, along the coast of Normandy and extending right to the North Sea coasts of Belgium and Holland. More than 12,000 concrete structures were built, many of them so massive that they survive today despite being shelled by battleships, and resisting most post-war attempts by Allied army engineers to demolish them. They are now tourist attractions as well as the focus for a growing number of "fortress" enthusiasts. Richly illustrated, the authoritative text is supported by a selection of contemporary photographs and plans many rare or previously unpublished and present-day photographs showing the amazing endurance of these monolithic fortifications.
Author: Stephan Vanfleteren
Publisher: Cannibal Publishing
ISBN: 9789491376795
Category : Abandoned buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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During World War II, Adolf Hitler gave the order for a line of defence to be constructed along the coasts of the western front. Ranging from the French-Spanish border to the north of Norway, this Atlantic Wall is a series of bunkers, barricades and coastal batteries. Over the past year, Stephan Vanfleteren photographed this 'wall' of more than 2600 kilometers in his well-known black-and-white style. He planted his tripod on various beaches in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, climbed cliff faces in France, sailed between the fjords of Norway and stood in the surf in Denmark to photograph the ruins of the largest military structure of the previous century. Vanfleteren shows with this series of photos his wonder for the untamed architectural beauty of these concrete structures and he shows the power of nature as it slowly reclaims these structures that were once considered impenetrable.
Author: George Forty
Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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A detailed account of the usefullnes effectiveness and the necissity of the Atlantic Wall to Hitler and Germanys advances in World War II.
Author: Colin Partridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780950472904
Category : Architecture, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Author: Despina Stratigakos
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691234132
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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"How Nazi architects and planners envisioned and began to build a model 'Aryan' society in Norway during World War II"--
Author: Simon Forty
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 9781612003757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Hitler's Antlantic Wall first examines the labor force and construction, bunker types and their weaponry, the German defensive strategy and its defects before providing a country-by-country gazetteer of the most significant Atlantic Wall sites from the southwest coast of France , through Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark to the northermost coast of Norway, attacked by the Red Army in late 1944..."--Publisher description.
Author: J. E. Kaufmann
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783378387
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 707
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This WWII history and visitor’s guide explores the extensive network of Nazi fortifications built to defend Fortress Europe. Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the complex system of coastal fortifications that stretched from Norway to the Spanish border during the Second World War, was built to defend occupied Europe from Allied invasion. Many of its principal structures survive and can be visited today. This authoritative guide provides both practical information for visitors and essential historical context. The wall, which was constructed on a massive scale between 1942 and 1944 by German engineers, forced laborers and troops, consisted of strong points, artillery casemates, bunkers, troop shelters, minefields, anti-tank and anti-boat obstacles. It also included the concrete U-boat and E-boat pens in the key ports and, behind the Channel coast, the V-weapon sites. This huge scheme of fortifications was one of the longest series of defensive lines in military history. This comprehensive volume takes readers and visitors through the entire story of the fortifications from the fall of France to the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy that finally broke through. As a guide to some of the most impressive relics of the Second World War, this book is essential reading for travelers or anyone interested in the liberation of occupied Europe.
Author: Blaine Taylor
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1935149784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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“An intriguing account of two of Nazi Germany’s top architects” and how their work prolonged the war for months—includes hundreds of photos (WWII History). A Selection of the Military Book Club. While Nazi Germany’s temporary ascendancy owed much to military skill, the talent of its engineers not only buoyed the regime but allowed it to survive longer than would normally be expected. This unique work focusing on Fritz Todt and Albert Speer is based on many previously unpublished photographs and artwork from captured Nazi records. Todt was the brilliant builder of the world’s first superhighway system, the Autobahn, and the architect of the German West Wall, the Siegfried Line, that predated the later Atlantic and East Walls. The builder of each of the wartime “Führer Headquarters,” as well as the submarine pens, Todt was killed in a still-mysterious airplane crash that may well have been a Nazi death plot, though he was given a state funeral by Hitler. Todt was succeeded as German Minister of Armaments and War Production by the Führer’s longtime personal architect, Albert Speer, who was described by the Allies after the war as having prolonged the conflict by at least a year. Called a genius by Hitler, Speer designed and built the prewar Nuremberg Nazi Party Congress rally stands and buildings. More importantly, amid the constant rain of Allied bombs and the Soviet advances from the East, Speer managed to keep the German industrial machine running until the spring of 1945, though it was driven ever further underground. He also allocated resources to fortifications and counterattacks, like the V-missile installations, against both West and East, in attempts to stave off defeat. Convicted as a war criminal at Nuremberg, Speer served twenty years at Spandau Prison and remained a Nazi apologist who died in London in 1981 on the anniversary of the German invasion of Poland. Together, Todt and Speer were the pillars that propped up the Third Reich through the vicissitudes of battlefield fortune. With over three hundred photographs, this is the first work that examines their role in history’s most terrible war.
