Hitler's Atlantic Wall

Pas de Calais

Paul Williams

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781848848177
• eBook ISBN:
  9781783036660
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

This well-illustrated book describes the massive effort that the occupying Nazi forces put into the construction of the Eastern section of the Atlantic Wall. While the D-Day invasion was unaffected by the fortifications in this area, they still posed a significant threat. This came from the mighty gun batteries (such as Batteries Todt and Lindemann) that threatened Channel shipping and the South Coast of England, and, while isolated from the main Allied advance, the Festung ports of Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk were denied to Allied use. This was of major strategic significance as the lines of supply were becoming ever longer and more vulnerable.Using rare archive material, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the coast that Hitler was wrongly convinced would be the site of the Allied landings. Hitlers Atlantic Wall Pas de Calais tells the history of how and why the giant batteries were built, the origins of their weaponry and the ingenious engineering and military operations that defeated them finally.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Glossary
• Chapter One Enemy at the Door
• Chapter Two Attack To Defence
• Chapter Three The Organisation Todt
• Chapter Four Construction Of The Atlantic Wall Bunkers
• Chapter Five The Founding of Hobart’s’Funnies’
• Chapter Six From Le Havre to Dunkerque
• Chapter Seven Fortress Or Folly? Conclusions
• Chapter Eight Atlantic Wall Sites in The Pas De Calais
• Acknowledgements
• Atlantic Wall in Maps and Plans