Atlantikwall bei Calais - France

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Atlantikwall bei Calais - France

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Atlantikwall bei Calais - France
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I always thought the wall was a lot bigger !! well thats what you get for reading the propaganda :lol:
Did you get to look inside it sir or was it full of crap and such
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Franz repper wrote:I always thought the wall was a lot bigger !! well thats what you get for reading the propaganda :lol:
Did you get to look inside it sir or was it full of crap and such
Some of them are indeed bigger :-) but usually they are closed or private. I recommend the museum in the "Batterie Todt" but I usually prefer the small Bunkers. They are hundreds of them in the country 1-2 km from the sea. Unfortunatly, most of them were full of water at the time I was there. Should try again in summer.
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Some of the Azeville Batterie Normandy taken earlier this month.
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The batterie had four casements with 105's in them , AA and ground defences.
The site has been restored and is open to the public during the clearance a shell from USS Texas was discovered unexploded.
The shell went straight through a casement killing the entire gun crew en route smashing through two walls before burying itself in the ground to the rear of the casement.
An excellent museum is now on site - worth a visit.
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Some views of Omaha.
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So different from the images on SPR.
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