Hitler's Fortresses: German Fortifications and Defences 1939-45: German Fortifications and Defences 1939–45

by Chris McNab

Hitler's Fortresses: German Fortifications and Defences 1939-45 is a detailed guide to every level of defensive project in the Third Reich. It takes you inside Channel Islands pillboxes, Normandy coastal gun positions and emplaced tank turrets on the Gothic Line in Italy. The secretive world of Hitler's command bunkers is revealed in detail, and the principles and engineering of basic frontline defences are explained, showing how the average German soldier prepared to stand his ground. There is also a dedicated chapter on special-purpose fortifications, including U-boat pens, V-weapon sites and flak towers.This complete journey into German wartime fortifications reveals much about the strategic and tactical thinking of Hitler and his Wehrmacht, and combat accounts explore how effective the defences were in practice. The book is illustrated throughout with more than 200 artworks, maps and photographs.

Genres: Military Fiction

396 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Dr Chris McNab has written over a hundred books in a career spanning over two decades. He is a historian with a specialisation in military history.

Reviews

[Pedro Plassen Lopes · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book covers Hitler's führerbunkers, the Atlantic Wall, the West Wall, U-boat pens, V-Weapon sites and battlefield defences.
Found interesting the chapter regarding battlefield defences where the tactical logic behind these works is explained. The least interesting was the chapter regarding the u-boat bunkers, where the text is mostly filled with dimension details of the pens, when it could be complemented with other more interesting information. Careful, this is not a reference book!