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Based on a confidential wartime British Government report, this in-depth dossier details the inner workings of Organisation Todt, which not only built the Reichsautobahns, but also Germany's Siegfried Line and the Atlantic Wall. Founded by the charismatic Fritz Todt, the OT was responsible for the construction of all of the major military works across Europe - from the Siegfried Line and Atlantic Wall, to the U-Boat pens and V1 and V2 weapon sites. When Fritz Todt died in a fl ying accident in 1942 he was succeeded by Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, who was also appointed as Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production. Although the OT was not a military organization as such, it literally underpinned the Nazis' stranglehold on the occupied territories. Not just through the fortifications but also through the systematic and highly controversial use of enforced labour drawn from the populations of the vanquished countries. At its peak the OT consisted of a force of almost two million men and women, and it is through the depth of detail revealed in this handbook that we discover the largely untold human story.Product Identifiers
PublisherAmberley Publishing
ISBN-139781445638560
eBay Product ID (ePID)200551457
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Number of Pages278 Pages
Publication NameOrganisation Todt from Autobahns to Atlantic Wall: Building the Third Reich
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Christopher
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height248 mm
Item Weight702 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJohn Christopher