This photograph captures the moment when Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the renowned German commander, inspects the fortifications on the Normandy coast. This location would soon become part of Operation Overlord, the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Rommel, one of the most talented military leaders of World War II, understood the importance of preparing and defending the coastline from a possible enemy landing. The prepared fortifications and natural landscape make it clear that every element was carefully designed for defense.
This photograph conveys the atmosphere of tension and anticipation when the fate of many soldiers and the course of the war depended on how effectively these positions were defended.
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I’d always assumed those obstacles were made of steel, but I guess steel was scarce, so they made them from wood.
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Shot taken in low tide. When the water was high, any landing craft would hit these just below the surface
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This photograph captures the moment when Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the renowned German commander, inspects the fortifications on the Normandy coast. This location would soon become part of Operation Overlord, the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Rommel, one of the most talented military leaders of World War II, understood the importance of preparing and defending the coastline from a possible enemy landing. The prepared fortifications and natural landscape make it clear that every element was carefully designed for defense.
This photograph conveys the atmosphere of tension and anticipation when the fate of many soldiers and the course of the war depended on how effectively these positions were defended.
I’d always assumed those obstacles were made of steel, but I guess steel was scarce, so they made them from wood.
Shot taken in low tide. When the water was high, any landing craft would hit these just below the surface
I was on Utah Beach in November!