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Cloches Ouvrage de Restefond

Armor deposit at Col de Restefond – Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Jausiers, France

On this location remains a deposit of armorings meant for the further construction of Blocks 2, 5 and …

Posted August 18, 2023 (updated August 18, 2023) by Pascal

Ouvrage Col de Restefond

Ouvrage Col de Restefond – Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Jausiers, France

Ouvrage Col de Restefond is a Petit Ouvrage of the Maginot's Alpine Line and consists of three infantry …

Posted August 15, 2023 (updated September 6, 2023) by Pascal

Caserne de Restefond

Barracks of Restefond – Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Jausiers, France

Camp de Restefond was a former military barracks of the French Alpine Army located near the border with …

Posted August 13, 2023 (updated September 16, 2023) by Pascal

612 schartenstand Widerstandsnest 165b Blucher

Widerstandsnest 165b Blücher – Cran aux Oeufs, Audinghen, France

Widerstandsnest 165b Blücher has a Regelbau 612 Schartenstand to house an assault gun, which could fire at targets …

Posted July 13, 2023 by Pascal

V143 stand for Mammut radar

Stützpunkt 164a Sicklingen, Marine Küsten Batterie Waringzelle – Audinghen, France

Stützpunkt 164a Sicklingen was armed with two 150mm SK L/45 guns and had a German "Mammut" radar for …

Posted July 12, 2023 (updated October 25, 2023) by Pascal

Stzpkt 155 Tummler

Stützpunkt 155 Tümmler, Ammunitions Bunker – Route-du-Cap, Audinghen, France

This German Vf ammunitions bunker of Stützpunkt 155 Tümmler was part of Marine Kusten Batterie (MKB) Grosser Kürfürst. …

Posted July 8, 2023 by Pascal


Widerstandsnest 165 Frundsberg France

Widerstandsnest 165 Frundsberg, Observation Bunker – Pointe du Riden, Audinghen, France

This bunker of Widerstandsnest 165 "Frundsberg", at the edge of the cliffs of Pointe du Riden, France, was …

Posted July 8, 2023 (updated July 11, 2023) by Pascal

Batterie Todt Turm IV

Batterie Todt – Turm IV – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

Turm IV of Batterie Todt lies at the edge of the forest of Haringzelles overlooking the English Channel. …

Posted July 2, 2023 (updated July 3, 2023) by Pascal

Batterie Todt Turm III

Batterie Todt – Turm III – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

This German bunker Turm III is part of Batterie Todt in Audinghen, France. In August 1945 it was …

Posted July 2, 2023 (updated July 3, 2023) by Pascal

Batterie Todt Turm II

Batterie Todt – Turm II – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

This German bunker Turm II housed the Krupp 380mm (15 inch) SK C/34 naval gun protected by a …

Posted July 2, 2023 (updated July 3, 2023) by Pascal

Atlantic Wall – Coastal Battery Moltke – Jersey, United Kingdom

To defend the beaches on St Ouen's Bay and the waters on the west side of the isle …

Posted July 1, 2023 (updated July 1, 2023) by Patrick

Stützpunkt Butts with Observation Post M2– Les Landes, Jersey, United Kingdom

Around the Marine Peilstand und Messtellung MP 3, Naval observation tower MP 3 lies Stützpunkt Butts on the …

Posted June 23, 2023 (updated June 23, 2023) by Patrick

Kriegsmarine Peilstand und Messtellung 3, Naval observation tower MP 3 – Les Landes, Jersey – United Kingdom

On the channel Island Jersey at the Les Landes area there is a beautiful object of a dreaded …

Posted June 20, 2023 (updated December 3, 2023) by Patrick

Bunker 7 KZ Farge

Kriegsmarine Oil Tank “Bunker 7” at KZ Farge – Bremen, Farge, Germany

There are multiple of these concrete oil tanks of the Kriegsmarine in the area of the former KZ …

Posted June 4, 2023 by Pascal

Turmbunker Hamburg

Turmbunker Air Raid Shelter at the Elbe – Vorsetzen, Hamburg, Germany

This Turmbunker or Zombeck-Turm, named after it's creator Paul Zombeck, was built in 1940 in Hamburg to provide …

Posted June 1, 2023 (updated June 1, 2023) by Pascal

Werk Tenna – Fortress Tenna – Levico, Italy

Fortress Tenna is much easier to find then fortress Colle Delle Benne, it is situated at the most …

Posted June 1, 2023 (updated June 1, 2023) by Patrick

Werk Mattarello – Fortress Mattarello – Alpine Wall – Mattarello Italy

FORTRESS MATTARELLO Fort Mattarello lies near to the town of Mattarello Italy, but the address in Google Maps …

Posted June 1, 2023 by Patrick

Flakturm VI

Flakturm Type VI G – Hochbunker at Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany

This Flakturm VI G is located at the Wilhemsburg area in Hamburg and provided an air-raid shelter for …

Posted May 31, 2023 (updated October 25, 2023) by Pascal

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