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.