In the spring of 1940, the German army began its offensive against
northern and western Europe. In less than three months, it would conquer the
entire European littoral from North Cape in Norway to the
Spanish frontier. After the entry into the war of the United States in
December 1941, the German high command sought to prevent at all costs the
opening of a second front in the west. It decided to construct a wall of
concrete and steel along more than 600 kilometres of coastline to render all
landings impossible.
How and by whom was this Atlantic Wall to be constructed, organised
and defended?
How did it react to the attacks carried out by the Allies in 1942 at
Saint-Nazaire and Dieppe?
What role did Field Marshal Rommel play in the strengthening of this
defensive line? What strategy would the Allies adopt to penetrate it in the
Normandy
landings?
Why would certain ports which had been transformed into fortresses
not be liberated until May 1945?
It is to all of these questions that this book, illustrated by 200
exceptional, informatively captioned photographs,
replies..
