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This is Wn 113 Dortmund & the 612 type gun bunker near Escalles. It had superb observation of the sea approaches as well as the coastal road from Wissant. By 1943 the strongpoint commander was Oberfeldwebel Knott overseeing 4 Kompanie/Bataillon 77/Reserveinfanterieregiment #WW2
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This is one of my favourite hiking spots in Northern France. Seen here looking north towards Cap Blanc-Nez & the La patrouille de Douvres/Dover Patrol monument. Turning around & the 612 at Wn 113 in the distance. Behind the 612 the OB mit Vf HWB garage #WW2
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Then and now. Really beautiful photograph from the U.S. National Archives taken at Utah Beach, Normandy. Seen here the 677 type bunker. Note the markings on the left! Mine taken in 2018 and from the inside. #WW2
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This is WN 48 MKB Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy and the M262 bunker for Fire Control. I haven't been here in years & the entrance to the M262 has been fenced off for a long time, but as luck would have it the fence was under repair & I was able to have an exquisite visit inside #WW2
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Upper level: A telemeter room sheltered beneath a 70 cm-thick concrete slab supported by steel struts. The ground level the observation slit overlooking the English Channel, a map and calculation room, a radio room, a communications room, and living quarters for the crew #WW2
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A few more parting shots until I visit again. It was a great afternoon. It had been 13 years since I was last at this location so it was a special visit. I sincerely hope that historical treasures like this are well looked after for years to come #WW2.
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This is StP ‘Hasso’ in Dannes. Covering an area of 13,000 square meters, it consisted of storage areas & railway tunnels for sea mines & torpedoes. Seen here Rommel & staff visiting the site on December 23rd, 1943. This is a massive site & also somewhat spooky! #WW2 🧵
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You have to really look hard for the artwork, presumably done by the defenders and they are spread all over the facility. They are difficult to find as it's pitch black even with a torch! Many tunnels have construction type numbers & architectural references #WW2 🧵
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Almost all of the tunnels have markings of some type, many on the ceilings as well, referencing the builders work at the time. A post war map from the 1950's shows the enormity of the site and allied bomb craters visible. End of thread.
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Menacing still today - Wn 72 Omaha Beach, Vierville-sur-Mer le Casino. The 8.8 cm Pak gun inside the 677 type bunker #WW2
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This is Flakstellung "C", Wolfsschlucht 2. It provided Flak defense from allied air attack and it's northern most approaches to the Fuhrer bunker complex. It had 6 10.5cm Flak 38 & 3 x 2cm Flak 30 guns. A well preserved batterie with unique camouflage patterns which still exist.
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This is Gr 20 / Wn 05 - Pointe du Roc, Granville, Normandy. This sprawling site has much to offer such as this 671 type bunker with camouflage, & how it looked at the time. Intended to protect the harbor & control maritime approaches to Granville and the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.
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This is Stp 351 H.K.B. (Heerkustenbatterie) Stahl, Normandy which over looks the Cap de la Hague. This large coastal batterie has a beautiful array of German bunker remains including a number of 679 type casemates as seen here as well as the 636 Befehlsstand command post. #WW2
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This is Wn 357 located near the small hamlet of Auderville-Laye, on the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. Here lies a system of underground tunnels that once served as a depot and shelter for the railway batterie Stp 356 positioned to the east.
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Apologies for the vertical filming.
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Then and now. The German U-boat base at Saint-Nazaire, 1942. Kapitänleutnant Erich Topp & his U552 "Red Devil" (Roter Teufel) arrives at Box 10, the numbers still exist today. And Topp leaving the base at the very same exit. He died December 26th, 2005 Suessen, Germany #WW2
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After the war Topp worked for some months as a fisherman before becoming a successful architect. In March 1958 he joined the Bundesmarine (Federal German Navy). He then spent four years in the USA as a staff member of the Military Committee of NATO.
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Saint-Nazaire - Here a U-boat in one of the pens during dry dock, and as the pens are seen today. The pens were numbered and some are still visible as seen here for 10B. Lastly a mooring point, one of many here for tying the submarines #WW2
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This is WN 127 in the area of Réthoville, east of Cherbourg. It's the sister batterie to Wn 126 Blankenese at Néville-sur-Mer, which is close by. Seen here looking out at rough seas from a MG bunker, a Wohn Unterstand for troops, a K.W.K. for a 5cm gun & barbed wire posts #WW2
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