Easy Red: Casemate Ruquet, Widerstandsnest 65 – Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France This bunker of Widerstandsnest 65 defended the valley of the Ruquet at Omaha Beach, sector Easy Red. It's … Posted January 9, 2022 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal
Widerstandsnest 33a at Graye-sur-Mer – La Brèche le Bisson, France Along the coastline of Graye-sur-Mer lay the remains of Widerstandsnest 33a. The bunker was unfortunately still under construction … Posted January 6, 2022 (updated May 31, 2023) by Pascal
The Wolf’s lair – Wolfsschanze- Hitler’s Headquarters, Gierloz Poland The Wolfsschanze / Wolf’s Lair was named after the self-given nickname of Adolf Hitler, Wolf. On 21 June … Posted August 29, 2021 (updated June 2, 2023) by Patrick
Marine Batterie Nord-mole: Het Jagershuis and the Water Supply Bunker – Hook of Holland, Netherlands The area of Hook of Holland was declared a "Festung" of "Fortress", because of it's strategic importance as a Kriegsmarine … Posted April 24, 2021 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal
Kriegsmarine Gun Battery Schleswig Holstein – Hel, Poland The German Navy strengthened the Peninsula of Hel, they added three huge gun emplacements and an observation tower. … Posted January 4, 2021 (updated March 27, 2023) by Patrick
Fire Control Tower of the Schleswig-Holstein Battery – Hel, Poland After the Battle of Hel, the Polish forces on the peninsula gave up the fight and the German … Posted December 28, 2020 (updated March 27, 2023) by Patrick
A Coastal Battery from Hel – Pomeranian – Hel, Poland The coastal batteries on Hel were about the strongest on Polish soil at the start of the Second … Posted December 22, 2020 (updated March 26, 2023) by Patrick
Hexengrund – Torpedo test facility Gdynia – Poland Grey concrete buildings rise out the sea in the Gulf of Danzig, at first glance it looks like … Posted May 4, 2020 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick
The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – Poland History During the Prussian reign ideas of a waterway between the Baltic Sea and the Masurian lakes were … Posted December 25, 2019 (updated May 13, 2022) by Patrick
Marine Flak Batterie Nord: Stützpunkt Fichte – West-Souburg, Walcheren, Netherlands Hidden in a small forest at West-Souburg, heavy Batterie Nord "Stützpunkt Fichte" was a field position of the … Posted March 29, 2018 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal
Stützpunkt Von Kleist of VB Vlissingen – Koudekerke, Walcheren, the Netherlands Stützpunkt Von Kleist was a Heeresbatterie of the VB Vlissingen. The battery had a fire support role defending … Posted November 24, 2017 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal
Stützpunkt Krimhild Landfront Vlissingen – Nieuw-Abeele, Walcheren, the Netherlands Flushing was of great strategic importance during WW2. As part of the Atlantikwall, the Germans fortified the city … Posted November 18, 2017 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal
Battle of the Scheldt: No. 4 Commando at Uncle Beach, Flushing – Walcheren, the Netherlands In the early morning of 1st November 1944, the town of Flushing is rudely awakened by an extensive … Posted October 21, 2017 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal
Fort des Dunes – Dunkirk France After the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force it was used by the German Kriegsmarine and was now … Posted September 12, 2017 (updated March 26, 2023) by Patrick
Bayernwald WWI Trenches – Wijtschate, Ypres Salient, Belgium Bayernwald was part of the German front line in WWI. Situated on a hill it was a key … Posted June 18, 2017 (updated October 5, 2022) by Pascal
Schnellbootbunker 2, Widerstandsnest 77 – Festung IJmuiden, The Netherlands After Fall Gelb, which is the German designation for the taking of the Netherlands and Belgium in May … Posted May 12, 2017 (updated March 26, 2023) by Patrick
Widerstandsnest 82, Marine FLAK Batterie Olmen – Festung IJmuiden, The Netherlands South of Seezielbatterie Heerenduin is the Marine FLAK Batterie Olmen. This anti aircraft battery protected the coastal battery, … Posted April 28, 2017 (updated March 26, 2023) by Patrick
Marine FLAK Batterie Süd Ost, W.N. 92 with Walzkörpersperre, Festung IJmuiden – The Netherlands Behind the Seeziel Batterie Heerenduin W.N. 81 Coastal Battery lies FLAKbatterie Süd Ost designated W.N. 92. The unique … Posted April 14, 2017 (updated March 26, 2023) by Patrick
