Book ID: CBB537927071

German Military Geology and Fortification of the British Channel Islands During World War II (2020)

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Edward P.F. Rose (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: xiv, 406 pp.
Language: English

This volume discusses how the German armed forces made effective use of military geologists to assist their fortification of the Channel Islands after their capture from the British in 1940. The book presents a unique case history of German geologist expertise applied to British terrain, intended to make the Islands into an impregnable fortress that postwar would remain a permanent outpost of the German state. In doing so, the book explains why the Channel Islands constitute a ‘classic’ location for British geology; how German armed forces made far greater military use of geologists than either their British or American opponents; and the legacy of fortifications that may conveniently be seen by tourists today – fortifications bypassed by Allied forces that liberated nearby Normandy after D-Day in June 1944, and surrendered intact at the end of the War in Europe in May 1945.

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Authors & Contributors
Edward P.F. Rose
Uziel, Daniel
Peter de Jong
Mark Postlethwaite
John Christopher
Peter B. Thompson
Concepts
World War II
Science and war; science and the military
Technology and war; technology and the military
World War I
Science and politics
Aircraft; airplanes
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Germany
United States
Leningrad (Soviet Union)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Malta
Greenland
Institutions
Luftwaffe (Germany)
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Instituten
Kriegsmarine (Germany)
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
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