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L 410 around the Füherhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2
The Füherhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2 is known for its enormous variety of bunker designs. There are local designs for machine gun turrets and plates and one can discover Luftwaffe Regelbauten never built anywhere else. A not so rare Luftwaffe design is the L 410, a command bunker for small Flak batteries. However near Margival this type […]
In: Articles, Bunkersite update · Tagged with: blockhaus, bunker, command, Flak, führerbunker, innenbereich, l 410, laffaux, leichte, luftwaffe, margival, neuville-sur-margival, regelbau, vauxaillon, zug
Bunkersite.com update: Ørland in Norway
We’ve started working on the area around Ørland and Trondheim half way up Norway. Very interesting strong points and bunkers including the famous MKB Ørlandet or Austrått Fort with it’s triple 28cm Gneisenau turret. We’ll add it to the website in the coming weeks. Ørland on Bunkersite.com.
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: 35p8, 424p01, 601, 633, 634, atlantikwall, deckenplatte, norge, norway, ørland, regelbau, sør, st, trondheim, trøndelag
Bunkersite.com update: The story of a Marineflak veteran
Some weeks ago we came into contact with a Marineflak veteran which was stationed at Trégastel, south of Brest in Bretagne, France. Wolfgang Weber came in from the Flakschule at Misdroy at the Baltic Coast at the age of 19. His story combined with our fieldwork can be found here. I must say, you do know […]
In: Articles, Bunkersite update, France, News · Tagged with: 1944, 811, atlantikwall, bofors, brest, duits, german, marineflak, mflak, Trégastel, veteraan, veteran
Bunkersite.com update: Netherlands, Wassenaar
We’ve added the interesting command complex at Rijksdorp, Wassenaar to the website. This complex used by different German staffs throughout the war and later on, in the Cold War, it was reused by the Dutch air force. Also some small additions at Wassenaarse Slag like a Tobruk for tank turret. Wassenaar at Bunkersite.com.
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: atlantikwall, cold war, koude oorlog, rijksdorp, staatsbosbeheer, wassenaar, wassenaarse slag
Bunkersite.com update: new house style
We’ve been working on our new house style for quite a while. It’s a painstaking job but we’re getting there. What has been updated in the past months? In the Altantikwall part all of Norway, Belgium, Channel Islands and France are now converted. The same goes for Other Locations except for Poland. With the conversion […]
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunker, bunkersite, casemate, two, update, war, westwall, world
Bunkersite.com update: Bunkeroptik
Besides the tour guide and bunker per locations we have more information for you. Bunkeroptik is one of them. Bunkeroptik is not an official term but it’s obvious, optics used in bunkers. The German fortress design included fortress weapons like the MG-34 on a special mount (Schartenlafette 34) in both armoured turrets and behind armoured […]
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: atlantikwall, bunkeroptik, Flak, optics, optik, panzer, panzerwinkelfernrohr, sechsschartenturm, sehrohr, vizier
Bunkersite.com update: Dieppe and Somme
There’s so much still to discover in Dieppe. The steep chalkstone coast and the concrete bunkers make some beautiful scenery. We start at the inland Vaudricourt about 70 km east of Le Touquet at radar site “Skorpion” with a big L 479 night fighter control bunker and several radar emplacements. We go further south to […]
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: 410a, 411a, 479, atlantic wall, atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunkers, dieppe, skorpion, somme
Bunkersite.com update: Dieppe and Bergen
Together with the new layout come new photos. This time from a trip made by Henk Adriaanse to the Dieppe area and some updates in the Bergen area from back in 2007. Dieppe got the honor to be the first part which was updated to the new layout. Locations were extended and added. Janval is […]
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: atlantikwall, bergen, blockhaus, bunkers, bunkersite, dieppe, france, frankreich, noorwegen, norway, norwegen, regelbau, somme
Bunkersite.com update: Gironde nord, La Rochelle and more
In the past two months Lenco worked hard to put all pictures by Henk Adriaanse online. It’s a huge amount of bunkers which have been visited in a short time. In the meantime we’ve been working on the new website. It will be coded up-to-date which will lead to the biggest win: getting rid of […]
In: Bunkersite update
Bunkersite.com update: Voorne and Vregny
Added the village of Vregny in France. It is one of the villages which was incorporated into the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2. Lots of Tobruks, covered personnel bunkers and a huge bunker for the Reichsführer-SS. Vregny Updated STP XX II H in Stp Gr Voorne in Holland. Late in the war, a Wassermann radar was moved […]
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: aisne, atlantic, atlantikwall, fhq, himmler, holland, margival, nachdjagd, picardie, radar, soissons, ss, voorne, vregny, wall, wassermann, wolfsschlucht