martylee Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 The last photos of bunkers taken this summer. Not much remaining, just a few stranded whales. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 It's amazing how many bunkers the Germans built.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastblock Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Or rather: How many bunkers the Germans had slave workers build for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Do we know if the Germans used the same format/design of bunker for each country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 It's Jack's age! Yes , Jack, there were a set of standard designs, although odditys do appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Yes Tony and some of the best bunkers I have seen are in Jersey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25 pounder Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Do we know if the Germans used the same format/design of bunker for each country? Yes , the German Authorities used a standard procedure , what they called " Regelbau" , constructing the same bunkers , altough a lot of variants have been constructed , but we notice that always the same patterns were used , eg , The Atlantikwall, is one of the best examples A very interesting book , edited by Heimdal , about The Atlantikwall in Normandy , shows all the types of bunkers build along the coastline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Probably the smallest bunker produced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Looks more like an urinal to me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Looks more like an urinal to me!! An Armoured Elsan? Actually that's what it is refered to locally :-D It is a funny little thing. It is a prefab sentry box. Originally when the gun pits were being cleared there was just an iron ring and a bit of concrete showing. The descion was made, as the crane was there, hook it out of the way. Quite a shock when the rest of it appeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Anthony Saunders 2001 "Hitler's Atlantic wall" is good reading on the subject. isbn 978-0-7509-4554-7 further surfing: http://en.atlantikwall-denmark.net/ http://www.atlantikwall.dk/ Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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