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
The sound of a bunker
What does a bunker sound like when it’s being demolished? At Péristyle near Lorient Kriegsmarine shelters are being demolished to make place for a new residential area.
In: Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: atlantikwall, bretagne, bunker, demolished, demolishing, france, frankrijk, kriegsmarine, lorient, naval, navy, péristyle, sloop
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
Karola from the air
Fantastic video by Olivier Benoit using a Canon 5d MkII and a drone (small remote controlled plane) of the Karola fire control tower on Île de Ré. More of his work on http://noibix.com/blog/
In: France, Photography · Tagged with: 5d, aerial, blockhaus, canon, drone, film, france, hd, Île de Ré, karola, photography, s497, tower
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 […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 20.3, ars, batterie, battery, bunker, charente-maritime, cm, fire control bunker, france, frankreich, frankrijk, Île de Ré, karola, kriegsmarine, Leitstand, looting, mkb, msb, pillage, pilleurs, plundering, regelbau, robbery, rochelle, s497, stealing, toren, turm, vendée
Should France preserve the wall
A nice article on the BBC site asks the question: Should France preserve the remnants of the Atlantikwall. Interesting reading with some known French bunkerarcheologist names. It’s nice to read the positive comments on the article, but then again, it’s Great Britain where it seems there’s more care about heritage than in other parts of Europe. […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: arcachon, atlantic, atlantikwall, bbc, france, preservation, wall
Demolition news from northern France
Some unfortunate news from Nord-Pas de Calais. In Dunkerque, a bunker was demolished to make place for new housing. At the Batterie Waldam with its famous concrete gun turret, the loose barrel of the flare gun which was still there seems to have been cut to pieces and disappeared. According to this post on the french […]
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More bunkers for sale in France
It’s property sale in France. Again two bunkers are on the market. The rare bunker for machinery M 123 (also known as a Luftwaffe type) at Le Croisic, including 1002 m2 of land, is for sale for just under €300.000. Another bunker is for sale on Île d’Oléron. Judging the photos it’s probably a Vf bunker […]
In: France, News · Tagged with: a vendre, bloc, blockhaus, bunker, for, france, frankrijk, koop, luftwaffe, nazaire, rochelle, sale, te, vakantie
Bunkersite.com update: Alderney, Belgium, Boulogne, Duinkerken
Several updates through Europe. Bigger photos on Alderney of Stp Josephsburg (Braye Harbour), Stp Biberkopf (Saye Bay) and Wn Einsiedlerschloß (Saye Bay), all taken in 2004 and 2008. In Belgium we have some new and bigger photos in Oostende and the Nieuwpoort area. Interesting inland radarsites near Boulogne-sur-Mer in France and an update on Stp […]
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Bunkersite.com update: Lamballe, France
In July 2010 we visited the area Lamballe for one day. Here is our update. It covers St Pabu, St Val André (120a), the HQ in Pléneuf, the battery in la Couture and the radarsite in la Bouillie. Bunkersite.com or the update
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