Bunkers in Germany

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During World War II, Germany constructed numerous bunkers to protect military personnel and civilians from air raids and ground assaults. These included underground command centers, air raid shelters, and defensive fortifications along the Atlantic Wall. Some bunkers, like those in Berlin, remain today as reminders of the war’s devastation.

Hochbunker Holzsägerstraße Emden – Civilian Air Raid Shelter Emden, Germany

The German city of Emden is located in the northwest of Germany on the Ems river near the …

Posted January 25, 2025 (updated January 31, 2025) by Patrick

Winkel Luftschutzturm Air Raid Shelter in Gotha, Germany

The allied bombing raids were a real threat therefore a bomb proof bunker was built on the factories …

Posted March 27, 2024 (updated February 28, 2025) by Patrick

Luftschutz Turmbunker Voslapp – Air Raid Bunker – Wilhelmshaven, Germany

This is one of the air raid shelters built in the Voslapp district of Wilhelmshaven, a German naval …

Posted March 25, 2024 (updated February 28, 2025) by Patrick

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

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

Posted May 31, 2023 (updated March 21, 2025) by Pascal

Flakturm Type IV – A Hochbunker at Heiligengeistfeld – St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany

This Hochbunker (Flakturm IV) located at the Feldstrasse, is one of the largest of this kind ever built …

Posted May 31, 2023 (updated March 2, 2025) by Pascal

Unknown Bunker – Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany

Near to Flakturm VI G in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, in the surrounding park used to be a bunker on …

Posted June 1, 2022 (updated March 16, 2025) by Pascal

Former “Valentin” Power Transformer Building – Bremen, Germany

A Power Transformator Building of U-Boot Bunker Valentin. [...]Read More...

Posted May 19, 2022 (updated February 23, 2025) by Pascal

Flak Tower Humboltshain - Berlin, Germany

Flak Tower Humboldthain – Berlin, Germany

Flakturm Humboltshain is a 1st generation G - tower. The 'G' indicated Gefechtsturm or Combat tower. Its measurements …

Posted March 16, 2017 (updated February 23, 2025) by Patrick

Air Raid Shelter Towers of the Winkel Type – Wünsdorf-Zossen, Germany

These towers were developed specifically as air raid shelters by German Architect Leo Winkel. [...]Read More...

Posted February 13, 2017 (updated February 16, 2025) by Pascal

The Reichs Air Raid Defense School and the Hochbunker Heckeshorn

Hidden in the foliage at the dead end of the curved "Am Großen Wannsee" lane lies a complex …

Posted January 31, 2017 (updated February 16, 2025) by Pascal

OKH Headquarters Maybach I and the Zeppelin bunker – Wünsdorf-Zossen, Germany

To restructure the German Army Command, Hitler founded the OKH and OKW organisations. Both commands were stationed in …

Posted September 18, 2016 (updated February 16, 2025) by Pascal

The Führerbunker under the Reich’s Chancellery – Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, Germany

It is hard to believe that the epicenter of ww2 Germany 70 years ago is a parking space …

Posted October 14, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal

U-Boot Bunker ‘Valentin’, a Submarine Assembly Factory along the Weser River – Bremen Farge, Germany

U-Boot Bunker Valentin was one of the largest projects of Nazi Germany between 1943 and March 1945. The …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick