Did u ever hear about the Atlantic Wall during WW2?

Question

What was it really about?

Answer 1

The atlantic wall was a fortification line (series of bunkers, trenches, artillerie positions, ...) that ran from Norway to France. These were made by the Germans to block any landings. First the harbours were fortified later on the beaches.
The biggest fortifications were placed at Calais and the Belgian coast.

In Belgium there is a museum with the best conserved fortification of all the Atlantic Wall. It's worth a visit (near Ostend).

Answer 2

the Atlantic wall was a chain of fortifications along the cost of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and so on till in Denmark.
It first started with the fortification of the harbors along the cost this are the places most sodded for a army to put there troops on land .Later on the Germans did reallies that they also needed to protect the beaches between the city's and harbors along the cost. So the gaps between became filled up but this was not done in a even strength along the line.

the fortifications where all build of different type's of bunkers, landmines, anti tank obstacles etc.

Answer 3

The Atlantic Wall was a huge series of concrete fortifications built along the French, Belgian, and Dutch coasts (also the Atlantic Wall extended onto the captured Channel Islands). It consisted of thousands of miles of barbed wire, and concrete gun positions. They were built by men from the RAD, and to some extent with Jewish slave labour, this was all organised by "Oranisation TODT". Hitler was referring to the Great Wall of China when he christened it the Atlantic Wall, and he felt completely safe with it in position.

Answer 4

The Atlantic Wall was a system of fortifications built by the Third Reich along the western coast of Europe. Fritz Todt was the chief engineer in the design and construction (Which began in spring 1942). In early 1944 Erwin Rommel was assigned to improve upon and further strengthen the design. He had a string of pillboxes built along the beaches and slightly inland to house machine guns (mainly MG-42) antitank guns and light artillery. Mines and tank obstacles were placed on the beaches themselves along with extensive underwater mines and obstacles placed just offshore. The intent of these underwater mines and obstacles was to destroy allied landing craft before they could even reach the beaches.

Answer 5

Hitler made the atlantic wall to protect Europe during WWII

Answer 6

It was a fortification used by Adolf Hitler to protect as the Great Wall was used in China

Answer 7

Festung Europa diverted lots of concrete and especially steel from better uses, thank goodness.

Answer 8

It was also called Hitler's "fortress of Europe," to protect against the allied invasion, but the fortress didn't have a roof and the allied bombers did quite a number on them in preparation for the landing troops.

Answer 9

it was the term used to refer to the German defenses along the French coast.