Before the Atlantic Wall
Before the Atlantic Wall: Before the Atlantic Wall fell in 1945, the Germans had built about 19,000 of these bunkers along the French coast.
During World War II
During World War II : During World War II an innovative coastal defense device, utilizing the sea-side terrain, was devised in order to provide coastal protection against the vulnerability of tanks landing in the vicinity of the region in the absence of natural coastal defenses. The concept was adopted in 1939 in response to possible German invasion in the region. The defenses utilized tubular scaffolding poles in the form of a fence, forming a mesh to catch incoming waves, and in addition, bundles of poles were subm
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