Rommel noted in his diary, following an inspection of one area, that a division had placed over 300,000 stakes in the ground to deter airborne landings, and a corps had erected over 900,000.
Rommel bemærkede i sin dagbog under en inspektion af et område, at en division havde opstillet over 300.000 pæle for at afskrække en luftbåren landgang, og at et korps havde opstillet over 900.000.