Came across an interesting book titled "Fortress Europe, European Fortifications of World War Two" by J.E. Kaufmann and R.M. Jurga.
This gives an overall of the prewar defences that covered Europe, including:
The French Maginot Line.
The German East Wall, West Wall, and the Baltic Sea Coast Defenses
The Belgian Liege and Namur Defenses, the Albert Canal Line, Antwerp's Defenses and the national Redoubt, the KW line, and the Coast Defenses.
The Netherlands Grebbe Line, Fortress Holland, and the Frontier Lines.
The Swiss Army Position and Border Line and the National Redoubt.
The British Coastal Defences, the Stop Lines as well as the defences of Gibraltar and Malta.
The Italian Vallo Alpino, the Coast Defenses, and the Island Defenses.
Scandinavia, including the Danish Coastal Defenses, the Norwegian Forts and Coastal Defenses, and the Swedish Coastal Defences and Fortress Boden.
The Czechoslovakian Maginot or Benes Line, and the Slovak Defenses.
The Polish Eastern Border, Western Border, and Coastal Defenses.
The Yugoslavian Italian Front, German Front, Hungarian Front, and Coastal Defenses.
The Balkans including the Metaxas Line and Forts, the Carol Lines, the Romanian Fortifications, and the Turkish Straits.
The Finnish Mannerheim Line, the Salpa Line, and the Coastal Defenses.
The Soviet Stalin Line, the Molotov Line, and the Coastal Defenses.
And finally, The Atlantic Wall.
Includes details on the design, weapons, black and white photos, as well as numerous line drawings to wet your appetite!!
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