Title: Organisation Todt: From
Autobahns to the Atlantic Wall
Author: John ChristopherISBN: 978-1-4456-3856-0
Publisher: Amberley
Softcover
Pages: 255
Photographs/Maps: 71b/w//38 colour//5
Rating: 3.5/5
Christopher has reproduced an
edited version of an intelligence report produced in March, 1945 for the
benefit of Allied commanders. Organization Todt (OT) was the construction
engineering arm of the German Government charged with both the planning and
execution of all major construction projects throughout the Reich; at its
height it comprised over 1.5 million personnel. It was an extremely effective
organization, undertaking, in five years, the largest building program since
the Roman Empire. The book is an outstanding reference for this institution but
it is very dry in its presentation; nevertheless, a fascinating study of a
little known but critical aspect of the Reich.
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