| D-Day & Battle of the Bulge: The "Atlantic Wall" Bunkers at Pas de Calais  After the surprise raid on Nazi-occupied Dieppe, France in August 1942, Adolf Hitler ordered the immediate build-up of coastal fortifications and defense bunkers in northwestern Europe. The so-called "Atlantikwall" (Atlantic Wall) stretched along 800 miles of coastline, from the dykes of Holland to Brittany in the Atlantic Ocean. During D-Day and the subsequent Battle for Normandy, Nazi Forces were concentrated in the Pas de Calais region, near the closest point of passage across the English Channel. The "TODT" Battery, named after Armaments Minister, Dr. Fritz Todt, was the seventh largest Nazi bunker in Europe. The historical site remains unique in all of Europe with its original Nazi railroad cannon and impressive underground museum. |
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