For the 80th anniversary of the landings, AFP photojournalist Olivier Morin spent three weeks documenting the remnants of the supposedly impregnable defences designed to keep the allies at bay
Fearing an allied invasion of occupied Europe, Adolf Hitler in 1942 ordered the building of a 5,000km (3,100 mile) coastal defence system studded with bunkers, gun emplacements, tank traps and other obstacles.
Partially submerged bunkers at Rockanje, western Netherlands.
Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/03/the-nazis-atlantic-wall-that-failed-to-prevent-d-day
Author : Olivier Morin / AFP / Getty Images
Publish date : 2024-06-03 09:39:56
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
