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 […]
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Stop the looting of Bt Karola
Looting bunkers of the Atlantikwall by so-called collectors has been the case since the eighties of the last century. However since less and less complete bunkers are present the rate of looting speeds up. This is especially the case with the heavy Marine Batterie Karola on Île de Ré. Alain Durrieu, writer of several books about the Atlantikwall, now […]
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Battery Plouharnel makeover
The Liberty Breizh Memory Group (L.B.M.G.) from Plouharnel has signed an agreement with the local governement to clean some of the bunkers of the railroad battery Plouharnel. The battery also known as Le Bégo is a heavy 34cm railroad battery. Most of the bunkers are still there and the association managed to get permission to […]
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Batterie Mirus open to the public
The most impressive part of the Guernsey defences in size, Batterie Mirus, will be partly opened to the public in the future. Gun emplacement No.1’s new owner is a supporter of the Festung Guernsey association and has allowed them to clean up the place and make it suitable for group visits. It will be a […]
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Pleumeur-Gautier
One of four 669s of the inland battery at Pleumeur-Gautier. Absolutely beautiful.
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Kriegsmarine bunker opened up at Noirmont
A personnel bunker at battery Lothringen on Noirmont, Jersey, was opened up this sunday after being buried for over 60 years. The Jersey branch of the Channel Islands Occupation Society already dug up the bunker in early September but had to wait for permission to break it open. Although the bunker was almost empty it’s still in good […]