John Kettler Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Fortification grogs, military archeologists and students of the Wehrmacht, among others, rejoice! A great storm has unearthed things wholly unknown and unexpected, fortifications as they were abandoned, plus some decay over the years, naturally, but complete right down to stamps, cots and pipe tobacco in a left behind pipe! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1041240/Sea-unearths-secret-Nazi-bunkers-lay-hidden-50-years.html Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wybert Takahashi Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I'm not a student of the Wehrmacht, but thanks for the link. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Wybert Takahashi, You're welcome! By contrast, here's a different Atlantic Wall complex, Maisy, uncovered a few years ago at Normandy overlooking Omaha Beach. Though long overgrown and forgotten, it was looted when first overrun by the Americans. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1891355,00.ht Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jev.Dk Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Btw, the bunkers have been buried in sand again.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 Jev.Dk. Weather, the authorities...what? Would think they'd be great for tourism. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Bunkers great for tourism? Don't look like they are anything special. I know of two exactly the same bunkers, plus a bunch partially buried ones that might be the same right where I live, in IJmuiden. That plus a bunch of connected pillboxes, 15cm bunkers, FLaK bunkers etc etc. And there's the hard to miss E-boot bunker{1}, which is so huge I'm surprised it's not a U-boot bunker. My point is, on the Atlantic coast your bunkers need to have something special to stand out from the crowd, because there are a godawful lot of them. These are so boring even the locals forgot about them. {1} say hard to miss because the Brits demolished one with Tallboy bombs, the other still in use as a battle scarred part of an industrial plant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 Elmar Bijlsma, Well, if I were in the area, I'd want to see them, especially if they were set up as a kind of living history exhibit. OTOH, the real estate angle also applies. They'd be more of an attraction if at Normandy. I didn't know the British attacked anything in The Netherlands with Tallboy, but I was well aware of Tallboy and Grand Slam attacks against German sub pens in France. Even have an AFTER THE BATTLE magazine showing where one got clean through the roof. Wiki says Ijmuiden WAS a sub pen and lists it in the table of such strikes. Believe you'll find this of interest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_pen Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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