Download or read book Hitler's Gateway to the Atlantic written by Lars Hellwinkel and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employing new research from both German and French sources, the author examines the role that the French Atlantic ports played for the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. When the Wehrmacht overran France in May and June of 1940, the German navy's