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Hitler's Atlantic Wall
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Atlantic Wall is one of the biggest construction projects in history a line of formidable defences stretching from the Pyrenees to the Norwegian Arctic but how effective was it? Dan speaks to James Rogers, host of our sibling podcast Warfare, about his recent History Hit documentary In Defence of the Reich: Hitler's Atlantic Wall. They discuss how and why the Atlantic Wall was built, Hitler's obsession with it, how effective it was and whether it could have ever been successful against an allied invasion.
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Released:
Apr 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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