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Osprey Fortress #37
D-Day Fortifications in Normandy
German defenses along the Normandy beaches were part of the larger Atlantic Wall fortifications designed to defend Fortress Europe. When Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took command of the invasion front in late 1943, he began a program to enhance fortifications along the Normandy coast as he believed that any Allied assault had to be stopped on the invasion beaches themselves. His most important contribution to the defenses was an extensive program of improvised beach obstructions to complicate any landing attempt. This book analyses these fortifications and describes how the Allied forces overcame them on the morning of June 6, 1944.
64 pages, Hardcover
First published November 10, 2005
About the author
Steven J. Zaloga
361 books66 followersSteven Zaloga is an author and defense analyst known worldwide for his articles and publications on military technology. He has written over a hundred books on military technology and military history, including “Armored Thunderbolt: The US Army Sherman in World War II”, one of the most highly regarded histories of the Sherman Tank. His books have been translated into Japanese, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, and Russian. He was a special correspondent for Jane’s Intelligence Review and is on the executive board of the Journal of Slavic Military Studies and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. From 1987 through 1992, he was the writer/producer for Video Ordnance Inc., preparing their TV series Firepower. He holds a BA in history from Union College and an MA in history from Columbia University.
Mr. Zaloga is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a modelling website. He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modelling. He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.
Mr. Zaloga is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a modelling website. He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modelling. He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.
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June 28, 2019
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May 3, 2023
Another one of Steven Zaloga's excellent series of books dealing with a specific topic of World War 2 history. D-Day Fortifications in Normandy gives a detailed overview and analysis of the German defences along the Normandy coast, and how the invading Allied forces overcame them on the morning of D-Day.
The book features an extensive collection of original black and white photographs, current colour photographs, colour maps clearly showing the location of the fortifications, and cross-section maps of various types of fortifications. For anyone interested in the D-Day landings, this is an essential reference source.
The book features an extensive collection of original black and white photographs, current colour photographs, colour maps clearly showing the location of the fortifications, and cross-section maps of various types of fortifications. For anyone interested in the D-Day landings, this is an essential reference source.
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