Atlantic Wall Commands
The Atlantic Wall was not a single organisation except in the administration of its building. Militarily it was divided into eight commands:
- Norway Army Command
- Forces Commander in Danmark
- Deutsche Bucht Command
- Wehrmacht Netherlands Command
- Armee Oberkommando 15 (15th Army zone)
- Armee Oberkommando 7 (7th Army zone)
- Armee Oberkommando 1 (1st Army zone)
- Armee Oberkommando 19 (19th Army zone)
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“In clear weather the laziest may look across the Bay as far as Plymouth at a glance, or over the Atlantic as far as human vision reaches, merely raising his eyelids; or if he is too lazy to look after all, he can hardly help hearing the ceaseless dash and roar of the breakers. The restless ocean may at any moment cast up a whale or a wrecked vessel at your feet. All the reporters in the world, the most rapid stenographers, could not report the news it brings.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Bible: Hebrew, Ecclesiastes 10:8.
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—Bible: New Testament, Luke 8:24-25.