New book: Die Marinegeschütze des Westwalls am Oberrhein
Early November a new book about the Westwall was published. It’s not about the defence line as a whole, but about a particular part of it, the naval gun batteries in the Upper Rhine valley. I talked to one of the authors of the book, Sascha Kuhnert, to find out how the Kriegsmarine guns ended […]
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Epic Books: Duitse bunkers in Nederland, 1979
In the series Epic Books I discuss the books that either were the first in the field or the ones that inspired and mystified me. It was the time when the internet wasn’t there yet to look it all up, and when I still thought German bunkers were Dutch. This time it’s ‘Duitse bunkers in […]
In: Books & Magazines · Tagged with: 1979, boek, boekje, book, booklet, bunkers, duitse, epic, nederland, nostalgia, nostalgie, ode, prak, publishing, rolf, rudi, series, tribute
Atlantic Wall Typology
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Forteresses Du Dérisoire
First of all, thank you Arthur, for the very friendly and graphic introduction. On this Blog I will deal with the Atlantikwall from different and hopefully surprising perspectives. As I also try to do in the muddy fields and sandy beaches, or in the dusty archives surrounded by funny smelling paper. I always try to look beyond […]
In: Books & Magazines · Tagged with: 1973, 1976, book, derisoire, forteresses, francais, french, gautrand, jean-claude, photo, photography, virilio
Atlantikwall on Schouwen-Duiveland
A new book about the Atlantikwall on the Dutch former island of Schouwen-Duiveland has been published this week. The book, which is written in the Dutch language, tells the story of bunkers and troops on the island and contains maps of every Stützpunkt and Widerstandsnest. The 240 pages are illustrated with photos, of which some […]
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