United Kingdom
Between 1916 and 1930, the British Army built concrete vertical saucers along England's southern and northeastern coasts to detect enemy aircraft and airships.
Military locations
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saturday, June 10, 1944, just days after the Allied landings in Normandy. Major Diekmann and his Waffen SS men marched into the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane shortly after noon.
Hauts-de-France
Just below Wissant, in Audinghen, the heavy guns of Battery Todt had a range of 55 kilometers, just far enough to hit England.
Hauts-de-France
Sagging bunkers, loose foundations, collapsed walls: the beach between Leffrinckoucke and Zuydcoote looks like a dumping ground of bunkers. You will find, among other things, the German naval coastal battery Malo Terminus.
Hauts-de-France
During the Second World War, the German "Organization Todt" rebuilt a French artillery battery in the dunes of Fort Vert, close to Calais.
Hauts-de-France
The German army misled the Allies by building a fire control post near Oye in the shape of a church tower.
Hauts-de-France
From September 1943, forced labourers excavated a vast underground tunnel complex in Mimoyecques on the outskirts of Calais.
Hauts-de-France
One of the dunes of Blériot-Plage, west of Calais, was crowned with a command post in the autumn of 1943. The coastal batteries of Waldam, Oldenburg, Bastion II, Fort Lapin, Sangatte and Lindemann were controlled from here.
Hauts-de-France
During the Second World War, the Germans built an observation bunker between Zuydcoote and Leffrinckoucke on top of the dunes.
Hamburg
Like the capital, Berlin, the German port city of Hamburg was fortified with two concrete Flak Towers ('Flaktürme' in German) between 1942 and 1944.
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