The Atlantic Wall was Hitler’s attempt to seal off Europe from Allied invasion, but it turned into one of the most expensive strategic failures in WWII. Stretching thousands of miles ...

A Surrey nature reserve popular with Hollywood filmmakers is home to a giant reinforced concrete wall that helped play a role in a significant World War Two battle. The Atlantic Wall in Hankley ...

To make D-Day a success, the Allies thought they might have to break through formidable German defences. One unconventional idea was a "giant firework".

His answer was the Atlantic Wall—a fortified coastline lined with bunkers, artillery, and mines. But when the Allies returned on D-Day, the wall crumbled against overwhelming force. Hitler's ...

Eight decades after World War II, the Atlantic Wall is still breaking up. Along the coast of Brittany, in western France, lie more than 1,000 bunkers. Most of these vestiges of German occupation ...