Having assessed the situation, the Germans believed that the Allied invasion would come at the Pas de Calais, the closest point between Britain and France. In addition, he was given command of Army Group B in northern France, which was tasked with defending the beaches. After touring the fortifications, Rommel found them wanting and ordered that they be expanded both along the coast and inland. In late 1943, in anticipation of an Allied assault, the German commander in the West, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, was reinforced and given Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, of Africa fame, as his primary field commander. Stretching from Norway in the north to Spain in the south, the Atlantic Wall was a vast array of heavy coastal fortifications designed to repel any invasion. The present study examines the classical issue of the grand strategy in Europe and the anti-Hitler coalition as concerns the US-UK-Soviet exchange about the Second Front. Article The Home Front When we think of World War II, the first images that enter our minds usually involve battle: armies fighting their desperate struggles on land, huge navies patrolling the oceans, and aircraft soaring sleekly overhead. Confronting the Allies was Hitler's Atlantic Wall. 84.0 Abstract: The debate about grand strategy in the Second World War has scarcely ended even in the 21st Century.
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