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FHQ-Wolfsschlucht-2--Margival

Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2, Margival – Laffaux France

Situated along the railway line Laon-Paris in the thick wooded area surrounding Margival, this steep sided valley proved …

Posted October 1, 2013 (updated October 13, 2022) by Pascal

Battery Oldenburg – Turm East

Battery Oldenburg; Heavy Defender on the Hellfire Corner – Calais, France

This battery was part of the defence of the Strait of Dover like Battery Todt, Battery Lindemann and …

Posted September 24, 2013 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

La Coupole V-2 Museum Helfaut Wizernes

La Coupole V-2 museum – Helfaut-Wizernes, France

This is one of the "Sonderbauten" which was planned to be built by organisation Todt between 1943 and …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated February 12, 2023) by Pascal

Wissant beach – Atlantic Wall bunkers

Atlantic Wall bunkers on the Wissant beach, Nord-Pas-de-Calais – France

The beach of Wissant, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France, is still full of WWII obstacles en bunkers. The sea …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated February 2, 2023) by Patrick

Flakturm Hamburg

Two Flakturms, type IV and type VI in Hamburg – Germany

Flakturm type IV in st. Pauli is freely admissive. Nowadays the massive bunker houses a music school, shops …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

Uboat bunker Valentine

U-boat bunker ‘Valentin’ – Bremen Farge, Germany

U-boat bunker Valentin itself, we could not enter, because we failed to schedule an appointment with the conscious …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated December 31, 2022) by Patrick


coal-storage-bunker-berghof

The Coal Storage Bunker, Hitler’s Greenhouse and Bormann’s escape tunnel – Obersalzberg, Bavaria, Germany

To supply the buildings on the Obersalzberg of electricity and heat, a huge coal storage was built near …

Posted November 27, 2012 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick

Station-Haudegen-(1944-45)

The Last German Surrender – Svalbard / Spitsbergen, Norway

World War Two ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of the German high command on May 7th, …

Posted May 10, 2012 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

Batterie-Todt

Battery Todt – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

In September 1940, as part of the plan to invade England, Battery Siegfried (Stp. 186 Saitenspeil) became operational. …

Posted February 29, 2012 (updated October 14, 2022) by Pascal

Pointe du Hoc Ranger Memorial

Pointe du Hoc, US 2nd Ranger Memorial – Normandy, France

Situated between the beaches of Utah and Omaha, a strongpoint built by Organisation Todt, with an artillery battery …

Posted February 21, 2012 (updated October 14, 2022) by Pascal

Hurtgenwald

The battle of Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia – Germany

From mid September 1944 until the 9th Februari 1945, the U.S. Army fought it's longest single battle ever …

Posted January 1, 2012 (updated October 14, 2022) by Pascal

skoda-gun

Werk Valmorbia – Werk Mattarello & the Skoda Gun – Valmorbia & Rovereto & Mattarello, Italy

The last visits of my summer vacation are Werk (Fortress) Valmorbia and Werk Mattarello. We tried to visit …

Posted December 12, 2011 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

colle-delle-benne-fort

Werk Colle delle Benne & Werk Tenna – Levico, Italy

Near the city of Levico, in the province of Trentino, Italy, you can find the Fortress Colle delle …

Posted December 5, 2011 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

Fort de Tancrémont – Belgium

Fort de Tancrémont – Pépinster, Belgium

On the 29th of May 1940 11:00h, a day and a half after the surrender of the Belgian …

Posted November 10, 2011 (updated October 14, 2022) by Pascal

Fort Eben-Emael – Belgium

Fort Eben-Emael – Belgium

Between 1932 and 1935, for the sum of 24 million Francs, Fort Eben-Emael was built on a strategically …

Posted November 7, 2011 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal

Fortress Belvedère - Gschwent

Fortress Belvedère – Gschwent, Lavarone, Italy

Looking out over the valley, the first world war fortress of Belvedere – Gschwent, is after all these …

Posted November 6, 2011 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

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