bunkers

Northfleet civil control bunkers and care home Not much information on it as most the results online are for the henley tunnels or gravesend bunker (Sub brit) Built in the 1950s underneath the car park of the former Northfleet Town Hall with emergency exit coming out on the opposite side of...

Hi there, thought I would try my hand at my first report after doing some exploring this evening so any critiques or recommendations on what to do different are very welcome! I also didn't know where the right place would be to put this report. This is the first of two site I visited this...

Looking along the Norfolk Coast for interesting sites. This may be one to keep an eye on, the bunker may become accessible in the next few years if it falls out of MOD hands, again. From WikiPedia: "In July 2022, it was announced that the radar at RAF Trimingham would be moved 8 miles (13 km)...

Every summer the resilient population of the Costa Brava prepares for an incoming invasion. Who's gonna be first to conquer these beaches: the sun-burnt Germans, the drunken Brits, the posh Russians? Almost 90 years ago, as the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was raging on, the fear of invasion...

not an underground bunker but a bunker none the less. The sign to this bunker will tell you the history behind it. U can easily walk in the bunker however its nothing special as it has no other rooms or a underground section. If u travel up the rest of the billy trail, u will see a massive brick...

Hi all, been a member for a while and always found the threads helpful. Just moved to the North of England Manchester area. I've done the normal city stuff was looking to get some insight to rural locations or tips. It's harder not being from an area and taking up a lot of time with research and...

After a long walk around the woods we finally found them. They were underground bunkers during WW2. Not a lot down there now, just a big maze of tunnels.

We found this old abandoned ammunition depot in Brasside, Durham, Near Frankland prison. It was a ministry of supply ammunition depot for new ammunition and bulk explosives for the Royal Ordnance Factories during World War ll. It was pretty cool, lots to explore! There was a lot of old farming...

First post so please be gentle I have been educating my boy on WW2 as part of home schooling, well what better way than some hands on! Took him to see the old WW2 bunkers behind factory terrace. We had a brilliant time, sadly alot of them are now either full of water or have been used for...

I spent the rest of the day on the second line of bunkers. Just about finished all the bunkers in this forest now. Kembs Nord 1 Infantry cupola The firing position is in the centre of the photo about 15 feet away, I totally missed this one last time Close up The entrance to the bunker...

The latest visit to Hardt Forest Near Kembs in Alsace. This is two lines of defence with infantry blockhouses and infantry cupolas. The second line has blockhouses with Anti tank guns normally at road junctions. PA Kembs 3 Infantry weapons cupola, Firing slot Entrance way at the rear...

Hadleigh was a strategically important site for defense if Invasion from Germany ever occurred during WW2. Located in the Brett Valley, it was nicknamed 'Hadleigh Hole' by locals as entering it from any angle was a decline, thus being vulnerable to total surrounding. A Munitions Workshop, Camp &...

Next bunker in the forest Carrefour PA 252-3 it has a single firing position covering dead ground on the other side of the Kembs - Sierentz road. These bunkers are grouped around crossroads with several on the roads leading through. There is normally a larger bunker with anti tank guns and a...

Trip to Hardt Forest near Kembs on 15th June. Carrefour (Crossroads) PA 252-2 Infantry weapons cupola with short tunnel, covering the Sierentz to Kembs road in both directions. The small infantry positions are a bit harder to find as the firing slit is tiny and the entrance may be some...

Strengwald Batterie is a two gun battery that was equipped with 240mm guns with a range of 17-18km, aimed at the Rhine bridges in the Basel region. The battery is located to the left of casemate #109 and is shown as three black triangles. It has five shelters and a 40cm railway track to feed...

Maginot Line Bunkers #9, 111 Infantry Casemate Bettlach Nord, visited with Geezer MG positions x2 47mm Anti Tank gun x2 (back to back) Looking up to the inside of the cuppola, the wooden floor is the working platform for the crew, seen through the small trap door opening on left Steel...

Artillery casemate in Bettlach part of Fortifiied Area of Altkirch. Armed with two 75mm guns plus various MGs and grenade tubes. Artillery Casemate from rear, munitions entrance for the guns Mens entrance 75mm gun position looking toward munitions entrance Entrance to 75mm guns 75mm gun...

Visited the village of Bettlach in the Fortified Area of Altkirch. First bunker #112 Bettlach Sud, an infantry bunker with two 47mm Anti Tank guns and two heavy MGs plus various MGs for local defence with the tube grenade launchers for close defence, it also has a cloche turret for observation...

This is the final post for this day out. This another Infantry casemate 'Sauruntz' quite close to Sierentz. This was next to the road but almost completely overgrown. Looks like someone lived in here at some time, not seen a fire place in a gun position before. There is lots of smoke...

Casemate Hardt South was the next one down the same road to Sierentz and is hidden in thick woodland. It had two machine guns and two anti tank guns, there is also a Nickel/Chrome steel GFM called a bell and would have a MG and a persicope in the top. The lager bunkers are steel lined. Pretty...