Format: Hardback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781612003757
Pub Date: 25 Aug 2016
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Series: WWII Historic Battlefields
Illustrations: colour photos
Description:
Masters of the continent, the Nazis realized that they would have to defend their gains, and once the United States entered the war, redoubled their efforts. Using forced and slave labor they built a chain of defensive positions, coastal batteries, and beach defenses from the top of Norway to the Franco-Spanish border. However, as was so typical of the Nazis, while the bunkers and batteries seem impressively constructed, and the Atlantic Wall has left a permanent reminder of the years of Nazi domination, it was crippled by lack of strategic planning, internal bickering, and a multitude of command structures that did not communicate with each other effectively.