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| 1941 | Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Dec Atlantic Wall Orders the construction of the Atlantic Wall, from Norway to the Spanish border |
| 1941 | Witzleben, Erwin von | |
| Dec Atlantic Wall Orders the construction of coastal defences in Northwest France |
| 19th Dec Atlantic Wall Complains to the OKH too many troops & resources are at the Russian & Med Fronts |
| 1942 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Atlantic Wall Constructs a 5000 Km defensive wall to defend the west |
| Normandy In Normandy there are 27 heavy gun emplacements & 20 mobile heavy guns |
| Atlantic Wall Over 17 million tons of concrete & 1.2 million tons of steel are used |
| Atlantic Wall The strongest concentration of defences will be at Calais , Cherbourg & Le Havre |
| Pas de Calais The strongest part has 93 heavy gun emplacements & 39 mobile heavy guns |
| Dieppe Work begins on construction, mainly French harbours & ports after the siege of Dieppe |
| Aug Atlantic Wall Advocates construction of a concrete coastal wall in nth west France |
| Aug Atlantic Wall Should proceed with "fanatic energy" |
| 29th Sep Berlin Holds a meeting where he asks for 15,000 strong points to be defended by 300,000 men |
| 29th Sep Atlantic Wall Orders that the construction of the Atlantic Wall be completed by 1st May 1943 |
| 1942 | Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Aug Atlantic Wall Hitler orders Keitel to build defences in nth west France with "fanatical energy" |
| 1942 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Atlantic Wall Commands the forces defending the Atlantic Wall, Hitler controls the troop movements |
| 1943 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Atlantic Wall Plans to install Vergeltungs weapons at the Pas-de-Calai, long range rockets |
| 14th July Atlantic Wall Issues instructions to give priority to defending rocket launching areas |
| 30th Nov Atlantic Wall Field Marshal Rommel begins inspection of 'Atlantic Wall', Germany's coastal defence system stretching from Norway to the Spanish frontier |
| 1943 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Atlantic Wall Lays down 2 belts of mines 1000 yds deep along the Atlantic coast, 2 million mines |
| 21st Nov Atlantic Wall Takes over the defence of nth France & the construction of the Atlantic Wall |
| 30th Nov Atlantic Wall Field Marshal Rommel begins inspection of 'Atlantic Wall', Germany's coastal defence system stretching from Norway to the Spanish frontier |
| 1943 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Mar Berchtesgaden Visits Hitler to ask for stronger defences for the Atlantic Wall which are ignored |
| 25th Oct Atlantic Wall Completes a report highlighting the deficiences of the Atlantic Wall |
| 1944 | Jodl, Alfred | |
| Jan Persuades Hitler to send mobile reserves, believes the defenses are insufficient |
| Jan Sent by Hitler to inspect the Channel defenses |
| 1944 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| June Atlantic Wall Adds a 3rd belt of mines 8,000 yds deep |
| June Atlantic Wall Completes the construction of "Rommel's asparagus", mines set on poles |
| June Atlantic Wall The number of mines along the French coast increases to 4 million |
