Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
B-Werk Irrel
In: Photography · Tagged with: 20p7-sechsschartenturm, american, b-werk, cupola, gi, irrel, steel, turret
Bunkervillages
In the Netherlands quite a few Atlantikwall complexes where re-used as small villages after the war. Sometimes for permanent housing, but most of the times just as summerhouses. Reusing the bunkers – which in most cases were light constructions of the VF and Kuver types – started almost immediately after the war. In some places it was even a necessary evil […]
In: Photography
Master of camouflage
This bunker for communications in Schagen, Holland, was unfortunately demolished after the war. Luckily there’s this picture of what appears to be a thirties style house. What an effort to camouflage this bunker!
In: Holland, Photography · Tagged with: atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunker, camouflage, huis, maskering, noord-holland, oorlog, schagen, slotstraat
Hedgehogs
A random, but remarkable photograph. Three explosions, three British Navy commando’s. From now on I will try to post a random but remarkable photograph on a regular basis.
In: Photography · Tagged with: hedgehogs explosions normandy 1944 commando's navy british beach obstacles
Achtung.. Feuer!
We received this great ‘shot’ from Steve Powell. Firing the 22cm K532 (f) gun in coastal artillery battery ‘Generaloberst Dollmann’ on Guernsey.
In: Photography · Tagged with: artillery, cannon, dollmann, festung, french, guernsey, gun, kriegsmarine, reenactment
Battered Normandy
Since it’s June I found It interesting to share the following initiative that focuses on the Normandy landings through Photography. On Flickr you can find ‘PhotosNormandie‘. A collaborative project for social indexing of historical imagery taken during the Normandy campaign from June 6 to the end of August 1944. Here photos from several archives are […]
In: Photography · Tagged with: archives, atlantikwall, crowdsourcing, d-day, flickr, normandy, photography
Before the graffiti
Preservation of bunkers has pros and cons. Sometimes there are moral dillemas. And for me that’s the Landfront of Vlissingen in Holland. About ten years ago, a first part of the magnificent Landfront Vlissingen was made accessible through a bicycle path. The Bunkerbehoud (bunker preservation) foundation removed loads of earth. For the first time in […]
In: Holland, News, Photography · Tagged with: 630, abeele, bunkerbehoud, erfgoed, graffiti, landfront, preservation, regelbau, verteidigungsbereich, vlissingen
Reliving history
On 19 September a step back in time was made on the Forteiland in IJmuiden. Here’s an impression.
In: Photography · Tagged with: festung, forteiland, history, ijmuiden, kernwerk, living, photography, re-enactment, windhund
Sperrfeuer
Sometimes you can still find nice details inside a rusty armoured turret. Although the two Sechsschartentürme of Pen-Bron (Bretagne, France) are not in the best shape, they are quite complete and show some of these details. Written on the ceiling in pencil are firing directions for both machine guns. Each Scharte has a number, in this […]
In: Photography · Tagged with: 20p7, bretagne, brittany, france, frankreich, pen bron, saint-nazaire
Painted black
A regular armoured door, type 434P01.
In: Photography