Fortress Europe- European Fortifications Of World War II

by J E Kaufmann

  ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  Chicken, Steven. Overlord Coastline. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1993. One of the few good books in English describing the fortifications.

  Partridge, Colin. Hitler's Atlantic Wall. Guernsey, Channel Islands: D.I. Publications, 1976. An excellent descriptive history.

  CZECH LANGUAGE

  Kupka, Vladimyiar. Atlanticky Val. Prague: FORTprint,1995. Good summary with complete lists.

  FRENCH LANGUAGE

  Gamelin, Paul. Object if Douvres. Nantes: l'imprimerie Le Pape, 1976. Describes the Channel coast.

  GERMAN LANGUAGE

  Zimmermann, R. Heinz. Der Atlantikwall. Munich: Schild-Verlag GmbH, 1982. Good account of German defenses on the Channel. A second volume covers the remainder of fortifications on French coast.

  TRILINGUAL: ENGLISH-FRENCH-GERMAN

  Rolf, Rudi. Atlantic Wall Typology. Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands: AMA, 1997. Excellent.

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