Hitler warns of threat in the west

23rd March 1942: After declaring war on America, Germany now faces the two front war that Hitler had earlier sought to avoid

Mar 23

In the early stages of the building of the Atlantic Wall the Germans favoured fortifications on a grand scale. The opening ceremony for the Lindemann battery in 1942.

With America in the war it was widely expected that a 'Second Front' would be launched somewhere in Europe to help take the pressure off the Russians. There were many calls for such action…

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