German coastal artillery the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, France, probably autumn of 1944; note concrete casemate still under construction

Caption     German coastal artillery the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, France, probably autumn of 1944; note concrete casemate still under construction ww2dbase
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Photos at Same Place Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Dirk Verstraeten says:
26 Jun 2009 02:23:14 PM

Sir
This the construction of the Batterie Lindemann in Sangate France the gun is a 400 mm the biggest ever build in a bunker there were 3 of these now under sand from building the railroadtunnel under the channel sisterbatteries are Grosser Kurfust,Todt,Prins Heyndrich
Good site nice pictures
Greetings
Dirk
2. Dirk says:
26 Jun 2009 02:29:25 PM

Sorry i forgot bunker was completed in 1941
the shot many shells into Dover in England the shot back with the guns named Winny and Pooh
The germans guns ware named Turm Bruno,Anton and Cesar

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