LEADER 02520nam 2200481 450 001 9910418325703321 005 20230823000627.0 010 $a3-319-22768-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-22768-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000011457802 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6352843 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-22768-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011457802 100 $a20210218d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGerman military geology and fortification of the British Channel Islands during World War II /$fEdward P. F. Rose 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 406 p. 198 illus., 96 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aAdvances in Military Geosciences,$x2522-8315 311 $a3-319-22767-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThis volume discusses how the German armed forces made effective use of military geologists to assist their fortification of the Channel Islands after their capture from the British in 1940. The book presents a unique case history of German geologist expertise applied to British terrain, intended to make the Islands into an impregnable fortress that postwar would remain a permanent outpost of the German state. In doing so, the book explains why the Channel Islands constitute a ?classic? location for British geology; how German armed forces made far greater military use of geologists than either their British or American opponents; and the legacy of fortifications that may conveniently be seen by tourists today ? fortifications bypassed by Allied forces that liberated nearby Normandy after D-Day in June 1944, and surrendered intact at the end of the War in Europe in May 1945. 410 0$aAdvances in Military Geosciences,$x2522-8315 606 $aMilitary geology$xHistory 606 $aGeological surface processes (geomorphology) 607 $aChannel Islands$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary geology$xHistory. 615 0$aGeological surface processes (geomorphology) 676 $a550 702 $aRose$b Edward P. F. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910418325703321 996 $aGerman military geology and fortification of the British Channel Islands during World War II$91999215 997 $aUNINA