Atlantic Wall in World War 2 - Aerial Photos taken by the United States Army Air Forces in August 1945
Published on March 6, 2025
In an untitled film roll in the US National Archives and Records Administration, Markus Lenz discovered a total of 244 aerial photos of the Atlantic Wall along the Dutch, Belgian and French coast line taken by the United States Army Air Forces on August 4, 1945.
Trolley Mission
This website analyzes extraordinary sightseeing tours of Germany at the end of the European War (Second World War). In May 1945, there were non-stop observation flights over Germany - subsequently referred to as “Trolley Missions”. During these low-level flights across Europe and Germany aerial photos were taken showing the bomb damages of German cities.