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the present operational chain of command in Germany has beencovered in IIAb and the same subject with emphasis on liaisonwill be covered in IIS.C. Tasks and Methods of Operation*a) Activities of the OT.47* Activities of the OT in GeneralA list of OT building activities includes the following:1. Roads2. Railroad beds, ties and tracks,3* Underground cables and pipes (communication and sewage)4» V sites.5* Fortifications including bunkers, blockhouses, tank-traps,pillboxes, tunnels, roadblocks, laying of mines andgun emplacements.6. Camouflaging,7* Dredging and excavation.8. .Bridges9* Naval installations including harbours, piers, docks andcoastal-gun emplacements.10* Aircraft installations including aerodromes, hangars andrunways.11. Dams, dykes, draining and breakwater systems.12. Mining industry including petroleum wells.13* Exploitation of quarries, gravel and sand pits,14» Electrical installations such as power houses, Ir/droeleotrioplants.15* Factory buildings.16. Water supply systems,17* Barracks, camps, warehouses, hospitals, etc.18, Snow removal (e.g. in Russia)19, Air-raid damage repair.20, Demolition work.21, Underground supply and munition dumps,22, Ventilation systems,23* Water reservoir,24, Surveying,25. Painting and landscaping.48. Activities of the OT according to location.Broadly speaking, as has already been remarked, the emphasis,in the West, Norway and Italy, was on fortifications, and in theEast and the Balkans on communication systems. In these lattercountries besides, the emphasis was also on the rebuilding ofpower plants and factories and on the exploitation of naturalresources. Some of the important construction work in both Westand East carried outfcythe OT are listed below.i) The "Westwall" (Siegfried Line)HITLER gave the order to start fortifications in the West inMay 1938. As can be learnt from German sources, as early as1936*there were about 100 fortresses at taotioally importantlocations along the Rhine. These were augmented at the rate of500 a year till HITLER harnessed all available means for theconstruction of the "Westwall", which extends from WESEL (nearthe Dutch border) to the Swiss frontier in the South. Emphasiswas put on the feet that the West Wall was to be built in depth.-45 ­