Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints | Page 5

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 December 30, 2021) by Patrick

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 27, 2021) by Patrick

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 December 30, 2021) by Patrick

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 December 30, 2021) by Patrick

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 December 30, 2021) by Pascal

Pointe du Hoc 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 December 30, 2021) by Pascal

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 January 9, 2022) by Pascal

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 January 9, 2022) by Patrick

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 January 9, 2022) by Patrick

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 January 9, 2022) by Pascal

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 December 30, 2021) by Pascal

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 January 9, 2022) by Patrick

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