article_snippet.sent: The Atlantic Wall was a series of robust fortifications built after 1942 by the Nazis to defend against an anticipated Allied invasion.
article_snippet.sent: It posed a significant obstacle for Allies, and so a potential solution to create a breach large enough to allow a vehicle through was dreamed up by one of Winston Churcill’s military think-tanks.
article_snippet.sent: Plus, the invention of long-range aircraft fuel tanks and the use of airfields in the Azores made it redundant.
article_snippet.sent: TO BRING THE TANKS ASHORE .
article_snippet.sent: In the years leading up to the D-Day landings, it had become apparent that any attempt to land en masse on the Atlantic coastline of Western Europe would require the use of the French harbours.
article_snippet.sent: And to do that, the Allies would need to depend on penetrating the Nazi Atlantic Wall, which could not be done.
highlights_snippet.sent: Eventually it moved to a mansion in the countryside to avoid air raids .
  