{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c939f8d1-c4bc-478e-8bb9-e5343f9a7ab5/692904e2-bb31-4306-b7e5-9c88e37a5104?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hitler's Atlantic Wall","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6215f67d4b795a40fffd3b2c/6215f6c06a99ed0013614349.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The Atlantic Wall is one of the biggest construction projects in history a line of formidable defences stretching from the Pyrenees to the Norwegian Arctic but how effective was it? Dan speaks to James Rogers, host of our sibling podcast <a href=\"https://podfollow.com/the-world-wars\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Warfare</a>, about his recent History Hit documentary <a href=\"https://access.historyhit.com/videos/atlantic-wall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>In Defence of the Reich: Hitler's Atlantic Wall</em></a>. They discuss how and why the Atlantic Wall was built, Hitler's obsession with it, how effective it was and whether it could have ever been successful against an allied invasion.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}