Special Westwall bunker dug up for investigation

At Dillingen in the Saarland, a very special bunker for Dreischartenturm was excavated last week. The information collected can be used for a possible future monumental status. The bunker is a very special Regelbau 132b. It’s a bunker for Dreischartenturm in Baustarke A (3,5 meter thick walls). This particular bunker was prepared to be incorporated […]

Posted on May 12, 2011 at 4:17 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Bunkersite.com update: Voorne, Pen Bron, Le Pointeau

Some nice updates on the website: The Battallion HQ on Voorne, Wn 105 H (Holland) Pen Bron in the La Baule region (France) Le Pointeau in the St-Nazaire region (France)

Posted on December 18, 2010 at 2:25 am by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Fortress flamethrower in the Atlantikwall

The Festungsflammenwerfer or Festungsnahkampf Gerät was a ferocious weapon which was built only two times in the Atlantikwall. Ba 70 Alex posted a report on the French Atlantikwall forum. The Germans built an extensive tunnel system with bunkers (120, M 152) on the Plateau de l’Atalaye in Biarritz. The positions, designated Ba 39 and 40, also housed […]

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 12:30 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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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 […]

Posted on December 14, 2009 at 11:23 pm by Arthur van Beveren · Permalink · Leave a comment
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