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A set of WW2 articles related to Organisation Todt. This group of laborers was named after Fritz Todt who died in a plane accident. The laborers built the Atlantic Wall, military installations, bunkers inland for military and civilian use and more. They used forced labor to keep production high.

Kraftwerk Nord West, V2 Rocket Bunker, Blockhaus d’ Éperlecques – Watten, France

Trains with V2 rockets rolled into the bomb proof station next to the main bunker. The V2 rocket …

Posted April 12, 2024 (updated March 12, 2025) by Patrick

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 March 2, 2025) by Patrick

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 February 21, 2025) by Patrick

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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 February 20, 2025) by Patrick

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Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen – Rogoźnica, Poland

Gross-Rosen started out as subcamp in August 1940 of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A year …

Posted November 15, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick

Maisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy, Normandy – France

Battery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of …

Posted August 13, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick

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

Weingut 1 – Me 262 Factory – Mühldorfer Hart, Bavaria, Germany

Due to the effective bombardments of the Allied forces on infrastructure and war industry, Germany was forced to …

Posted June 28, 2012 (updated March 3, 2025) by Patrick

Musée du Mur de l’Atlantique – Battery Todt, Turm I – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

Turm I of Batterie Todt is now a World War Two museum called Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique …

Posted February 29, 2012 (updated February 13, 2025) by Pascal