Showing posts with label Bunker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bunker. Show all posts

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Küstenartillerie (Coastal Artillery) in Normandy

In 1944, German coastal artillery played a crucial role in the defense of Normandy, particularly along the Atlantic Wall, a system of fortifications built to deter an Allied invasion. Several key artillery batteries were strategically located, like those at Longues-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc, and Maisy, to target Allied landing beaches and naval forces. These batteries, armed with heavy guns, were designed to fire at long ranges, posing a significant threat to the advancing Allied troops



Source :
Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 720 - 21 June 1944
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DzDJmt5F8

Saturday, May 14, 2016

German Soldiers and Wounded British POW After St. Nazaire Raid

 German soldiers place wounded British POWs on the bed of a truck to be taken to a medical dressing station following the Saint-Nazaire Raid. The raid (codename: Operation Chariot) was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Louis Joubert Lock at Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France. The operation was undertaken by the British Royal Navy and British Commandos under the auspices of Combined Operations Headquarters. Saint-Nazaire was targeted because the loss of its dry dock would force any large German warship in need of repairs, to return to home waters rather than having a safe haven available on the Atlantic coast. Although the operation was a British success, 169 British soldiers were killed and 215 became POWs. Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France. 28 March 1942.


Source :
http://bag-of-dirt.tumblr.com/post/131847694190/german-soldiers-place-wounded-british-pows-on-the