The Atlantic Wall - History and Guide by J. E. Kaufmann, Fortyfikacje - nowości ;)
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//-->First published in Great Britain in 2011 byPen & Sword Militaryan imprint ofPen & Sword Books Ltd47 Church StreetBarnsleySouth YorkshireS70 2ASCopyright © J.E. Kaufmann, H.W. Kaufmann, Aleksander Jankovicč-Potocčnik and Vladimir Tonicč, 2012ISBN 978 1 84884 387 5eISBN 978 1 78337 838 8The right of J.E. Kaufmann, H.W. Kaufmann, Aleksander Jankovicč- Potocčnik and Vladimir Tonicč to be identified asAuthors of this Work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic ormechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from thePublisher in writing.Typeset in Ehrhardt by Phoenix Typesetting, Auldgirth, DumfriesshirePrinted and bound in England by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YYPen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the Imprints of Pen & SwordAviation, Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Military, WharncliffeLocal History, Pen and Sword Select, Pen and Sword Military Classics,Leo Cooper, Remember When, Seaforth Publishing and FrontlinePublishing.For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contactPEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, EnglandE-mail: enquiries@pen-and-sword.co.ukWebsite: www.pen-and-sword.co.ukContentsAcknowledgementsGlossary of TermsChapter 1 Prelude to StagnationFailure in the Battle of BritainConstruction of a Battery PositionConstruction of Large and Small BunkersEarly Building and Bombing of Fortified PositionsAircraft and Aircraft OrdnanceBuilding the U-boat PensS-boat and R-boat PensKriegsmarine Coastal CommandChapter 2 Testing the German Defences, 1940–1942Commando RaidsThe French CoastGerman Forces in the West, 1941–1943Obersbefehlshaber West Defends the WestChapter 3 Creating the Atlantic WallThe Führer ReactsHitler’s Directives and Orders for Building an Atlantic WallThe OT and RADChapter 4 The Strategic Value of the Atlantic WallSupporting Germany’s Offensive Moves, 1941–1945Super-bombs of the European TheatreGerman Submarines and Surface RaidersThe Luftwaffe’s Aerial ThreatSecuring Germany’s Fronts, 1942–1945What to Defend?Chapter 5 Guns and BunkersWhat was the Atlantic Wall?Bunker Construction and TypesThe Big Gun PositionsForeign Artillery in German ServiceAtlantic Wall Artillery BatteriesChapter 6 Bunkers and BeachesBunkers and Organization for DefenceFeatures of a BunkerThe German Infantry Company and Platoon in Coastal DefenceThe Atlantic Wall: France to the NetherlandsCoast and Port DefenceSupplementing the FortificationsDefending the Foreshore and the BeachesFortress NorwayFrom the Dutch Coast to the Danish CoastChapter 7 Special Equipment and WeaponsMagic Beams and Bouncing WavesGerman Radar DevelopmentThe First Line of Defence: Naval MinesKriegsmarine and Anti-Invasion Fleet OperationsV-WeaponsChapter 8 The Allies Prepare, The Germans ReactInvasion PlansSpecial Allied EquipmentIntelligence FailureOrganization of the German Defences in Norway, 1944–1945The Hinge of the Atlantic WallHeligoland Island FortressThe SüdwallChapter 9 Invasion: D-Day, 6 June 1944Before the Assault on the Atlantic WallThe German Army at D-DayGerman Order of Battle, 6 June 1944Allied Order of Battle, 6 June 1944
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