Author : Alan F. Wilt
Publisher : Iowa State Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015016867502
The Atlantic Wall
Alan F. Wilt
The Atlantic Wall 1941 1944
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The Atlantic Wall, 1941-1944
Alan F. Wilt
Author : Alan F. Wilt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058728059
The Atlantic Wall, 1941-1944 by Alan F. Wilt Pdf
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.
The Atlantic Wall
Alan F. Wilt
Author : Alan F. Wilt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Germany
ISBN : 0835758354
The Atlantic Wall by Alan F. Wilt Pdf
The Atlantic Wall
Rémy Desquesnes
Author : Rémy Desquesnes
Publisher : Orep
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Atlantic Wall (France and Belgium)
ISBN : 2915762619
The Atlantic Wall by Rémy Desquesnes Pdf
In December 1941, to challenge the imminent Anglo-American landings, Hitler ordered the construction of a line of bunkers along the Western European coastline. Today, many significant vestiges remain of the coastal defence system which Goebbels was to pompously baptise, the Atlantic Wall. One of the aims of this guide is to introduce readers to the most interesting sites from an architectural, technical or historical point of view, and which can be observed along the Normandy coastline between the Mont Saint-Michel and Dieppe.
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Normandy
Paul Williams
Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : Pen & Sword Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1473829232
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Normandy by Paul Williams Pdf
This highly informative book begins with an examination of the background to Germany's primary military objectives in relation to the western end of their self-styled 'Fortress Europe' including the early foundation of shore defences in northern France. In 1941, there was a switch in emphasis of the Atlantic Wall's role from attack to defence. Beach defences became more elaborate and the Nazi-controlled Todt Organisation began a massive building programme constructing new bunkers and reinforcing existing sites, using forced labour. Hitler appointed Rommel to formulate Germany's anti-invasion plans in early 1944. At the same time the Allies were making extensive studies of the fortifications and preparing for the challenge of overcoming this most formidable of obstacles. Using, in many cases, previously unpublished accounts of the soldiers on the ground this book follows Britain's 79th Armoured Division, Sir Percy Hobart's 'Funnies', as they utilised their unique weaponry in support of Allied efforts to ensure the success of the invasion. The author draws on British, American, Canadian and German sources. Hitler's Atlantic Wall - Normandy also includes information on war cemeteries along with travel information and accommodation suggestions and a guide to the relevant museums.
Hitler's Atlantic Wall
Anthony Saunders
Author : Anthony Saunders
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055458221
Hitler's Atlantic Wall by Anthony Saunders Pdf
This is the first English guide to the remains of the Atlantic Wall Hitler built to protect his newly conquered empire from sea invasions.
The Atlantic Wall (2)
Steven J. Zaloga
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780961453
The Atlantic Wall (2) by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf
Germany's Atlantic Wall was the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II. Following its conquest of Western Europe, Germany had to defend some 5,000km of Atlantic coastline from the Spanish border to the Arctic Circle. The United States' entry into the war and the inevitability of an Anglo-American landing in Western Europe resulted in the fortification of this coastline along its entire length. Focusing on the northern Atlantic Wall in the Low Countries and Scandinavia, this title addresses the special defensive features and unique aspects of fortification in these countries, such as the early focus on fortifying Norway, due to early British commando raids; the greater use of turreted naval guns; and the establishment of first-line Flak defences in the Low Countries to counter the Allied strategic bombing campaign.
D-Day Fortifications in Normandy
Steven J. Zaloga
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849080361
D-Day Fortifications in Normandy by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf
German defenses along the Normandy beaches were part of the larger Atlantic Wall fortifications designed to defend Fortress Europe. When Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took command of the invasion front in late 1943, he began a program to enhance fortifications along the Normandy coast as he believed that any Allied assault had to be stopped on the invasion beaches themselves. His most important contribution to the defenses was an extensive program of improvised beach obstructions to complicate any landing attempt. This book analyses these fortifications and describes how the Allied forces overcame them on the morning of June 6, 1944.
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Normandy
Paul Williams
Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1783030585
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Normandy by Paul Williams Pdf
This highly informative book begins with an examination of the background to Germany's primary military objectives in relation to the western end of their self-styled 'Fortress Europe' including the early foundation of shore defences in northern France.??In 1941, there was a switch in emphasis of the Atlantic Wall's role from attack to defence. Beach defences became more elaborate and the Nazi-controlled Todt Organisation began a massive building programme constructing new bunkers and reinforcing existing sites, using forced labour.??Hitler appointed Rommel to formulate Germany's anti-invasion plans in early 1944. At the same time the Allies were making extensive studies of the fortifications and preparing for the challenge of overcoming this most formidable of obstacles.??Using, in many cases, previously unpublished accounts of the soldiers on the ground this book follows Britain's 79th Armoured Division, Sir Percy Hobart's 'Funnies', as they utilised their unique weaponry in support of Allied efforts to ensure the success of the invasion. The author draws on British, American, Canadian and German sources.??Hitler's Atlantic Wall Normandy also includes information on war cemeteries along with travel information and accommodation suggestions and a guide to the relevant museums.
Smashing the Atlantic Wall
Patrick Delaforce
Author : Patrick Delaforce
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844152568
Smashing the Atlantic Wall by Patrick Delaforce Pdf
Immediately after Hitler halted his proposed invasion of Britain in 1940, he secretly ordered the building of an Atlantic Wall. Using material from British, American, and Canadian archives, a top military historians pieces together a unique, barely known story from the war--and memorializes the Allied soldiers caught behind it in appalling conditions.
Hitler's Atlantic Wall
Simon Forty,George Forty
Author : Simon Forty,George Forty
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 1612003753
Hitler's Atlantic Wall by Simon Forty,George Forty Pdf
"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.
The Atlantic Wall (1)
Steven J. Zaloga
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849080620
The Atlantic Wall (1) by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf
Germany's Atlantic Wall was the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II. With Germany's gradual loss of the strategic initiative to the Allies, in 1942 Hitler was forced to construct an impenetrable wall of fortifications along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coast. This book deals solely with the structures on the French coast, starting with the Pas-de-Calais and extending down to Spain. It features detailed illustrations and diagrams of the various sections of the Atlantic Wall and the role that they played, giving a thoughtful analysis of some of the most accessible fortifications of World War II.
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Normandy
Paul Williams
Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783030583
Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Normandy by Paul Williams Pdf
This highly informative book begins with an examination of the background to Germany's primary military objectives in relation to the western end of their self-styled 'Fortress Europe' including the early foundation of shore defences in northern France.??In 1941, there was a switch in emphasis of the Atlantic Wall's role from attack to defence. Beach defences became more elaborate and the Nazi-controlled Todt Organisation began a massive building programme constructing new bunkers and reinforcing existing sites, using forced labour.??Hitler appointed Rommel to formulate Germany's anti-invasion plans in early 1944. At the same time the Allies were making extensive studies of the fortifications and preparing for the challenge of overcoming this most formidable of obstacles.??Using, in many cases, previously unpublished accounts of the soldiers on the ground this book follows Britain's 79th Armoured Division, Sir Percy Hobart's 'Funnies', as they utilised their unique weaponry in support of Allied efforts to ensure the success of the invasion. The author draws on British, American, Canadian and German sources.??Hitler's Atlantic Wall Normandy also includes information on war cemeteries along with travel information and accommodation suggestions and a guide to the relevant museums.
Beyond the Beach
Stephen Bourque
Author : Stephen Bourque
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518749
Beyond the Beach by Stephen Bourque Pdf
An important rethinking of the Normandy war narrative Beyond the Beach examines the Allied air war against France in 1944. During this period, General Dwight David Eisenhower, as Supreme Allied Commander, took control of all American, British, and Canadian air units and employed them for tactical and operational purposes over France rather than as a strategic force to attack targets deep in Germany. Using bombers as his long-range artillery, he directed the destruction of bridges, rail centers, ports, military installations, and even French towns with the intent of preventing German reinforcements from interfering with Operation Neptune, the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches. Ultimately, this air offensive resulted in the death of over 60,000 French civilians and an immense amount of damage to towns, churches, buildings, and works of art. This intense bombing operation, conducted against a friendly occupied state, resulted in a swath of physical and human destruction across northwest France that is rarely discussed as part of the D-Day landings. This book explores the relationship between ground and air operations and its effects on the French population. It examines the three broad groups that the air operations involved, the doctrine and equipment used by Allied air force leaders to implement Eisenhower’s plans, and each of the eight major operations, called lines of effort, that coordinated the employment of the thousands of fighters, medium bombers, and heavy bombers that prowled the French skies that spring and summer of 1944. Each of these sections discusses the operation's purpose, conduct, and effects upon both the military and the civilian targets. Finally, the book explores the short and long-term effects of these operations and argues that this ignored narrative should be part of any history of the D-Day landings.
Germany at War [4 volumes]
David T. Zabecki
Author : David T. Zabecki
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1938 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598849813
Germany at War [4 volumes] by David T. Zabecki Pdf
Written by experts for use by nonexperts, this monumental work probes Germany's "Genius for War" and the unmistakable pattern of tactical and operational innovation and excellence evident throughout the nation's military history. Despite having the best military forces in the world, some of the most advanced weapons available, and unparalleled tactical proficiency, Germany still lost both World Wars. This landmark, four-volume encyclopedia explores how and why that happened, at the same time examining Germany as a military power from the start of the Thirty Years' War in 1618 to the present day. Coverage includes the Federal Republic of Germany, its predecessor states, and the kingdoms and principalities that combined to form Imperial Germany in 1871. The Seven Years' War is discussed, as are the Napoleonic Wars, the Wars of German Unification (including the Franco-Prussian War), World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. In all, more than 1,000 entries illuminate battles, organizations, leaders, armies, weapons, and other aspects of war and military life. The most comprehensive overview of German military history ever to appear in English, this work will enable students and others interested in military history to better understand the sociopolitical history of Germany, the complex role conflict has played in the nation throughout its history, and why Germany continues to be an important player on the European continent.