The Atlantic Wall
Author | : Jens Andersen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2020-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 8772102845 |
ISBN-13 | : 9788772102849 |
Rating | : 4/5 (849 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Atlantic Wall written by Jens Andersen and published by . This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book presents papers from a symposium held in Hanstholm, Denmark in May 2018: "The Atlantic Wall, in regional, national, and international perspective".The symposium was arranged by three Danish museums in Northern Jutland - Museum Thy, Vendsyssel Historiske Museum (Vendsyssel Historical Museum), Nordjyllands Kystmuseum (Coastal Museum of Northern Jutland) - and Aalborg University. The symposium was part of a project entitled "The Atlantic Wall in Northern Jutland", carried out by the institutions mentioned above and financed by the Velux Foundation in Denmark in the period 2016-18.The aim of the symposium in May 2018 was to situate the findings of the regional project in a national and an international perspective by inviting Danish and European scholars to present results from their research on related subjects. The symposium was organized in four sections: 1) The Atlantic Wall in Europe, 2) Building the Atlantic Wall, 3) The Atlantic Wall, the Danish armed forces and the Cold War, and 4) Musealization of the Atlantic Wall 1945-2017.