Anthony Saunders > Quotes

“electrical and water supplies, for example, had to be manufactured, transported to the right places and fitted. The artillery pieces, radar equipment, communications equipment and observation equipment all had to be ordered, transported and installed. But what was built and where and the order in which the sites were selected for the construction work was not”
― Anthony Saunders, Hitler's Atlantic Wall

“were the U-boat pens and other naval facilities at a number of locations in France, as well as V-weapon sites. However, the Atlantic Wall formed a major part of the Organization Todt’s construction work and probably amounted to about 65 per cent of the work it carried out in the West. It was, indeed, a monumental project, both literally and figuratively. Nevertheless, describing”
― Anthony Saunders, Hitler's Atlantic Wall

“Göring had hoped to expand his own power base by taking over much of what Hitler’s appointee, Speer, was now unequivocally given. It was further complicated by the fact that Walter Funk was the Reichsminister of Economics so that there was a threefold overlap. Those in Hitler’s immediate circle manoeuvred and intrigued to increase their own power and prestige”
― Anthony Saunders, Hitler's Atlantic Wall

“Speer’s staff and department chiefs and the heads of the businesses that fell within his jurisdiction had to be protected from the attentions of Bormann and the Gestapo. This Speer successfully achieved, until the failed attempt on Hitler’s life in July 1944, by getting Hitler to issue a decree that exempted them from political interference, which, in effect, allowed critical discussion. However, Dorsch disapproved and often”
― Anthony Saunders, Hitler's Atlantic Wall