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Smashing the Atlantic Wall
Patrick Delaforce
其他書名
The Destruction of Hitler's Coastal Fortresses
出版Pen & Sword Military, 2005
主題History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater
ISBN18441525619781844152568
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tYr_0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In 1940 when Operation SEALION (invasion of the British mainland) was abandoned, Hitler ordered the building of a night defense system along 1,500 miles of coastline from Denmark to the Spanish border. He was personally involved in the planning which was based round 15 fortresses guarding vital ports. Built by the Todt Organisation using slave labor, the scale of the Atlantic Wall was unprecedented.

When the Invasion OVERLORD came the majority of the defenses were defended with great vigor and a number held out for longer than expected (Brest and St Malo). Some were by-passed and left in German hands rather than waste lives attempting to capture them.