Abstract
The << Atlantic Wall >>, built by the German forces along the occupied coasts of Western Europa as a rampart to protect them against Allied landing attempts, included a powerful chain of anti-naval and anti-air detection devices, which may be seen as a kind of counterpart to the British Chain Home. But its structure was quite different, and probably was most efficient at the time it was built. Today, 70 years later, remains of this continental chain can still be seen in many places, especially in France. Their <;<; archaeological >> study may enlighten the war time archives and documents from both sides, to explain how it was built, how it worked, and evaluate its supposed efficiency. The paper describes also the progressive discovery of this chain by the allies, which lead them to conceive a lot of counter-measures, which made it quite inefficient during the crucial days of June 44 in Normandy.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2014 |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 29-32 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-2-8748-7037-8 |
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Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Event | 11th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2014 - Rome, Italy Duration: 8 Oct 2014 → 11 Oct 2014 Conference number: 11 http://www.eumweek.com/conferences/eurad.html |
Conference
Conference | 11th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2014 |
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Abbreviated title | EuRAD 2014 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 8/10/14 → 11/10/14 |
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Keywords
- radar story
- German radar
- Atlantikwall