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
Turrets, towers and Tumulus in Saint-Nazaire
Bunkersite.com travelled to Saint-Nazaire; again. After visits by Lenco in 1999 and 2002 and some additions by Henk Adriaanse in 2005 I wanted to see this formidable Festung myself. We wanted to update the website with new pictures, but also add new finds. In ten years much has happened in the Saint-Nazaire region. Mainly due […]
In: Bunkersite update, France, News, Photography · Tagged with: bretagne, festung, france, frankreich, frankrijk, loire-atlantique, saint-nazaire, turballe
Look out
Lookout, originally uploaded by Artz!. Cap Blanc Nez
In: Photography · Tagged with: 622, atlantikwall, beobachter, blanc, cap, channel, english, france, frankreich, frankrijk, kanaal, mur, nez, nord, offener, pas-de-calais, tobruk
Pump
pomp, originally uploaded by Artz!. Inside a water bunker in the Gironde area.
In: Photography · Tagged with: bordeaux, france, frankreich, frankrijk, gironde, pump, soulac, water
Barbara
Barbara (3), originally uploaded by Artz!. Fire control post of German artillery battery ‘Adour-Nord’ at Bayonne. One of the most impressive German bunkers ever built. Also known as Bunker Barbara.
In: Photography · Tagged with: 487, adour, barbara, bayonne, blockhaus, bunker, france, landes, Leitstand, nord, sud
Demolition of a Vf bunker in Le Touquet
Thanks to my correspondent in the Calais area Olejniczak Hervé Not a lot of happy news lately. This time it’s Le Touquet (Paris Plage), where a Vf bunker on the golf course has to make room for a new clubhouse. It’s uncertain if there will ever be a new clubhouse. Sylvain Gouz, of the ASFD […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: demolition, france, golf, le touquet
Hunting gets priority in France
Thanks to my correspondent in the Calais area Olejniczak Hervé The well known naval Batterie Oldenburg near Calais is going to loose some of its bunkers to a new hunting terrain! Anywhere else this sounds crazy but apparently hunting is still big in France. Since the first week of december, bird hunting lakes and observation cabins […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 24cm, 621, 629, atlantikwall, calais, france, hunting, kriegsmarine, oldenburg, pas-de-calais, sand, Sk
Bunker partly destroyed in St Nazaire
Last november, a bunker for machine gun (type 634) was demolished in the French city and former Festung St Nazaire. After the war the Sechsschartenturm was scrapped but the bunker of Stützpunkt Nz 313 was left in place. Due to new housing developments the bunker had to be broken down. The works took 2 weeks and […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 634, demolition, festung, france, nz 313, saint-nazaire, sechsschartenturm
Tunnels at Fort du Roule open in june
The restauration project at Cherbourg’s Fort du Roule are coming to an end. The tunnels will be opened on June 6 (65 years since D-Day) but due to some extra work the official opening will be on the June 26, the day Cherbourg was liberated. Fort du Roule was a French fort overlooking the city […]
In: France, News · Tagged with: atlantic, atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunker, bunkers, bunkersite, cherbourg, d-day, fortifications, france, kazemat, museum, normandy, overlord, restauration
Bunkersite.com starts BunkerBlog
Every day I watch several forums from all over Europe to see what’s happening in the bunker community. It’s a time consuming business but well worth the time because without it I wouldn’t have known about restauration projects in Poland, demolitions in Norway, dug up bunkers in Holland or any other activity in Europe on the […]
In: News · Tagged with: atlantic, atlantikwall, belgium, blockhaus, bunker, bunkers, bunkersite, channel, fortifications, france, germany, holland, islands, italy, kazemat, norway, poland, two, wall, war, westwall, world