The Atlantic Wall (3): The Sudwall (Fortress)

Following on from two previous volumes covering the Atlantic Wall, this book completes the story of one of the most formidable defensive lines in Europe in World War II, looking at the lesser known Mediterranean extension and describing how it was conceived of, built and used. After the alarming collapse of Italy in 1943, the Germans launched a crash building program and the 'Sudwall,' (South Wall) sprang up quickly along the French Mediterranean coast and the neighbouring Italian coast around Genoa. The new defences were bolstered by existing French fortifications of key port towns such as Marseilles and Toulon - many of them bristling with heavy artillery. Whilst describing the wall's physical design features, this book also recounts the defences' role in the Allied invasion of Southern France; Operation Dragoon - 'The Second D-Day'. As the Germans' worst fears became a reality, the southern Atlantic Wall would face its ultimate test.

• The Atlantic Wall (1): France (Fortress)
• The Atlantic Wall (2): Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway (Fortress)
• D-Day Fortifications in Normandy (Fortress)
• Germany's West Wall: The Siegfried Line (Fortress)
• Railway Guns of World War II (New Vanguard)
• The Hindenburg Line (Fortress)
• Maginot Line Gun Turrets: And French gun turret development 1880–1940 (New Vanguard)
• D DAY Through German Eyes - The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944
• Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2): The British Airborne Missions (Campaign)
• Kursk 1943: The Southern Front (Campaign)