German Military Geology and Fortification of the British Channel Islands During World War II
1st ed. 2020
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Advances in Military Geosciences
ISBN-10
331922767X
ISBN-13
9783319227672
Edition
1st ed. 2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 17th, 2020
Print length
406 Pages
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This volume discusses how the German armed forces made effective use of military geologists to assist their fortification of the Channel Islands after their capture from the British in 1940.
How German armed forces made effective use of military geologists to assist their fortification of the Channel Islands after their capture from the British in 1940 – a unique case history, of German geologist expertise applied to British terrain, intended to make the Islands into an impregnable fortress that postwar would remain a permanent outpost of the German state. In doing so, the book will explain why the Channel Islands constitute a ‘classic’ location for British geology; how German armed forces made far greater military use of geologists than either their British or American opponents; and the legacy of fortifications that may conveniently be seen by tourists today – fortifications bypassed by Allied forces that liberated nearby Normandy after D-Day in June 1944, and surrendered intact at the end of the War in Europe in May 1945.
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