Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Pas de Calais (Battleground: Normandy) - Softcover

Williams, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184884817X ISBN 13: 9781848848177

Publisher: Pen & Sword Battleground, 2013

Synopsis

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. Hitler's 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.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Williams is married with twin sons and works as a freelance author and journalist in South Yorkshire. After having articles on many different subjects published in magazines and on the internet, Malta: Island Under Siege became Paul's first book for Pen and Sword in 2009. He lives near Doncaster.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Battleground
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184884817X
• ISBN 13: 9781848848177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176