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The Maginot Line is the most famous fortification system of World War II, but in fact most European countries were busy building fortified defensive lines from the end of World War I until 1941, when the limitations of the French approach became obvious. In addition to the West European sources and contacts he drew upon for the popular Hitlers Blitzkrieg Campaigns, J.E. Kaufmann has now been able to use previously-unavailable East European archives to provide new material on the Soviet Stalin and Molotov Lines and the Czech Nachod-Ostrava defenses. A truly comprehensive account of all European fortifications of the World War II era is available now for the first time, supplemented by scores of remarkable technical drawings by Polish artist Robert M. Jurga.

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title Fortress Europe European Fortifications of World War II author - photo 1

title:Fortress Europe : European Fortifications of World War II
author:Kaufmann, J. E.; Jurga, Robert M.
publisher:Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin:1580970001
print isbn13:9781580970006
ebook isbn13:9780585193816
language:English
subjectFortification--Europe--History--20th century.
publication date:1999
lcc:UG428.K3797 1999eb
ddc:355.7/094/09044
subject:Fortification--Europe--History--20th century.
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Fortress Europe
European Fortifications of World War II
J.E. Kaufmann
Robert M. Jurga
Translations by H.W. Kaufmann
COMBINED PUBLISHING
Pennsylvania
Page 4
To Harvey and Tadeusz
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For information, address:
Combined Publishing
P.O. Box 307
Conshohocken, PA 19428
E-mail: combined @dca.net
Web: www.combinedpublishing.com
Orders: 1-800-418-6065
Copyright 1999 by J.E. Kaufmann and Robert M. Jurga
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system
or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without first
seeking the written permission of the publisher.
Every reasonable effort has been made to insure the accuracy of the material contained in this book. However, ongoing research continues to provide important new information to the field. In an effort to provide readers with the most up-to-date information the authors will put additions, clarifications and changes to the text on the following web site:
www.irelandnow.com/siteo/frontpage.html.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.
ISBN 1-58097-000-1
Printed in the United States of America.
Page 5
Contents
Acknowledgments
7
Introduction
9
Chapter 1. France
11
Chapter 2. Germany
59
Chapter 3. Belgium
99
Chapter 4. Netherlands
127
Chapter 5. Switzerland
151
Chapter 6. Great Britain
167
Chapter 7. Italy
187
Chapter 8. Scandinavia
211
Chapter 9. Czechoslovakia
239
Chapter 10. Poland
263
Chapter 11. Yugoslavia
283
Chapter 12. The Balkans
301
Chapter 13. Finland
329
Chapter 14. Soviet Fortifications
349
Chapter 15. Atlantic Wall
381
Appendix: Iberian Peninsula
407
Notes and Further Reading
410
Bibliography
419
Glossary
425
Index
428

Page 7
Acknowledgments
This book would not have been possible without the help of a number of people who have done everything from giving us photographs, to sending documents and summaries, and escorting us through the fortifications. We are listing our informants in alphabetical order but we want them to rest assured that their contributions were of equal importance and greatly appreciated. Next to their names we list the area in which they contributed information. "Photos" indicates that they also provided photos of the fortifications.
John Aalbu (photos), Markku Airila* (Finland & photos), Colin Alexander (England), William Allcorn (Western Europe & photos), Captain A.D. Balgarnie, RE Press Officer, British Forces Gibraltar, Libor Boleslav (Czech), Dr. Martin Bren (Germany), Brian Burr Chin (Belgium), Jean-Louis Burtscher (France & photos), Dr. Carlo Alfredo Clerici* (Italy & photos), Olle and Colonel Gunnar Dahlquist* (Sweden & photos), Clayton Donnel (France & photos), Dr. Martin Egger (France & Russia), LTC Ove Enqvist* (Finland), Kommandrkaptein Odd Terje Fjeld (Norway), Bryan Fugate (USSR), Alessandro Gazzi (Italy), Peter Gryner (Czech), Joseph de Hasque (Belgium & photos), John Hellis (England & photos), Raul Heymes (France), Leif Hgberg (Sweden & photos), Alex Horak (Czech), Herbert Jager (Germany), Anna Kedryna* (Netherlands, Poland and Russia), Dr. Machiel Kiel (Netherlands), Armin Kilian (Germany), Jurgen Kraft (Photos), Patrice Lang and his friends of the Association "Le Tiburce" (France), LTC Iikka Lansivaara* (Finland), Staff Sgt. Edmund Leizens and son (copies of AOK 1 June 1940 report), Colonel Andrezej Lisiecki (Poland), Bernard Lowry (England & photo), Michael J. Luke (Denmark), George Maistret (France), Jos Matrn Bea & Colonel Juan Antonio Gmez Vizcaino (Cartagena & Spain's defenses), Wes Micket (photo), Raymond Mersch (France), L.C.A. van Midden (Germany & photos), Svein Wiiger Olsen* (Norway & photos), Frank Philippart (Belgium), Margaret Pinsent (Photos), Jason Pipes (German coast defense units), Gunther Reiss* (Switzerland and Italy, photos), Charlie Robbins (German Denkshrifts), Rene Roede (Spain), LTC Nuno Rubin (Portugal), John Sloan (Russia), Dag Sundkuist* (Norway), LTC Philippe Truttmann* (France), Lucas Tsatiris*
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