Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Demolition of Saint-Nazaire bunker on its way
In Saint-Nazaire the bunker of the Marine Flak Abteilung 820 still resists the demolition hammer. It will be destroyed in the end, but it’s stronger than expected. It is huge too. 1500 m2, with walls 2 meters thick. The demolition started in june 2016 and should finish before 1 September, when then school next to […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: atlantic wall, atlantikwall, bunker, demolition, festung, france, Nz 401, saint-nazaire, sloop
Danish TV2 Nord produces TV-series about the Atlantikwall
Twenty interviews with people from Germany, USA, UK, Australia and Denmark. Nine 30 minute episodes. Danish TV2 Nord put huge effort in their series “Bunkerne”.
In: Denmark, News, Television · Tagged with: atlantikwall, bunker, bunkerne, bunkers, denemarken, denmark, documentary, geschiedenis, history, local, tv-serie, tv2 nord
Star Wars in the Atlantikwall
One of the casemates type 667 at Widerstandsnest 227 was converted to a Star Wars vehicle. A nice form of graffiti spraying. They made a nice video of the creating process.
In: France, News · Tagged with: art, atlantic wall, beach, concrete, graffiti, star wars
Gun bunkers demolished at Locqueltas
Sad news from Lorient, France, this week. At least two gun bunkers type M 170 of battery Locqueltas, near Larmor Plage, are being demolished. A casino will be built on the spot. Photos via http://atlantikwall.superforum.fr/t15717-c-est-la-fin-de-locqueltas
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: atlantic wall, atlantikwall, demolishing, kriegsmarine, larmor, locqueltas, lorient, raser, sloop
Batterie Longues-sur-Mer and Pointe-du-Hoc on 1944 video
PhotosNormandie shows high resolution photos of the US Signal Corps and more from 1944 on Flickr. They also have a Youtube channel with raw film material from the same period. There’re a lot of well known images and film images but to see all the raw material is amazing, plus it’s very interesting study material. […]
In: News, Photography · Tagged with: archive, bron, creative commons, film, foto, high resolution, materiaal, normandy, origineel, photography, photos, photosnormandie, raw, source, ww2
Recovery of M19 parts on Guernsey
The guys of Festung Guernsey continue to work on different projects on the Channel Island of Guernsey. One of the exciting ones is the recovery of remains of the automatic mortar M19 at Stützpunkt Großfels. In the future, the M19 bunker there will be turned into a museum.
In: Channel Islands, News · Tagged with: 5cm, 633, festungs, fortress, granatwerfer, guernsey, m19, recovery, regelbau, weapon
Regelbau 656 discovered near Nieuwpoort
A long forgotten Regelbau 656 was discovered near the Albert I-monument in Nieuwpoort. The bunker is completely stripped but apart from that in a beautiful conditions. Its number (Ost-W 019-252) is clearly visible and the St sign on the outside and instructional texts on the inside are still sharp. It was probably part of Wn […]
In: Belgium, News · Tagged with: 656, atlantikwall, bunker, discovery, gevonden, nieuwpoort, ontdekt, regelbau
Regelbau 638 opened after 60 years
The most complete army battery of the Südwall at La Tamarissière (Agde) has the only built 638 hospital bunker on this side of the front. The bunker was closed since the 1950s but has been reopened this weekend by a local group of enthusiasts. Pipettes, syringe boxes, various tubes and even remains of unused glass x-ray […]
In: France, News · Tagged with: agde, batterie, battery, bunkers, heer, mittelmeerfront, mittelmeerküste, südwall, tamarissière
Demolition in Croisic
Sad news from the demolition front again. A very rare L 406 on the Croisic peninsula will be demolished or at least altered. In 2010 new houses already closed in but now the bunker has to disappear (completely or under a new house). The faith of the Vf bunkers around this one is unknown. A […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: "L 406", atlantikwall, atlantique, blockhaus, bretagne, bunker, croisic, demolition, luftwaffe, mur, sloop
Allen Gewalten zum Trotz sich erhalten
Two years ago I’ve posted about the Fl 250 anti-aircraft headquarters in Saint-Marc near Saint-Nazaire. Back then more than 400 letters from all over Europe ended up at the office of the Service Territorial d’Architecture et du Patrimoine. However, there was no reaction to any of these letters, although they were surprised by the big […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: atlantique, blockhaus, bunker, demolition, fl 250, Flak, kriegsmarine, loire, marineflak, mur, patrimoine, saint-marc, saint-nazaire, sauvegarde