WW II - Atlantic Wall 1942

Heavy artillery at the fortification of the Channel Coast of France, November 1942, place unknown. Under the name of "Organisation Todt" fortified defense systems and bunkers were constructed along the Atlantic Coast for the defense against the Allies. The Nazi Propaganda! on the back of the picture is dated 18 January 1942: "Heavy guns of the naval coast artillery. On all coasts, massive guns were positioned by our naval coast artillery, which intervened successfully again and again, like now, during the attacks of the British naval forces on a German convoy in the Channel, of which the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) report informed on 18 January 1942. The attack was repelled whereat a British speedboat sank. Our image shows massive guns of the naval coast atillery. "