Jurga, Robert M. Fortifications du IIIe Reich. Plans et Modèles 3D

Hitler seized power in Germany in 1933 and quickly rejected the Treaty of Versailles, including the restrictions on the construction of fortifications. This marked the beginning of a major fortification program along the Reich's eastern and southern borders. From 1935 onwards, various types of modern fortifications were planned, and by 1937, 26 fortified lines against France, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, with a length of over 3,500 km, had been built. Illustrated with more than 300 mostly color photos, 40 color illustrations, and over 200 two- and some three-dimensional plans and drawings, this volume shows with great accuracy the diversity of German fortifications in the territory of the German Reich and in the areas occupied during World War II. This comprehensive overview of the fortifications of the Third Reich documents in detail the colossal scope of the German construction program and the complexity of these concrete and steel fortresses.