In the summer months of 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022 and the latest visit in 2023 we made five journeys to France to visit and photograph the remains of the massive Third Reich construction project commonly known as the Atlantikwall. You will notice the spelling of Atlantic ends in a “K” which is the German way of spelling it.
The 2013 visit concentrated solely on the Normandy region with a primary focus on Omaha Beach and the surrounding coastal batteries both Kreigsmarine and Heer (Navy & Army). The 2016 visit was more expansive concentrating on several key areas which included the Pas de Calais, Oye Plage, Gravelines, Marck, Dunkerque, Grand-Fort-Philippe and a number of other areas which will be touched upon as you make your way through this section. I also took the long but beautiful drive from Audinghen to Arromanches in Normandy. My second visit to the Normandy region touched again on Omaha Beach but focused on the British and Canadian Beaches as well. A number of open air bunker museums were visited as well as the varying bunkers that dot the surrounding region.
During our 2018 trip to France we concentrated on the sites not visited in 2016 and expanded on the large coastal batteries found in Cherbourg and the Cotentin Peninsula. Some of the other areas covered were the areas of Le Havre, Honfleur, Oiustrehem, Ecqueville, Dieppe, Le Treport, Fort Mahon Plage, Berck, Merlimont, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Saint Martin Boulogne, Wimereux, Ambleteuse, Audresselles, Waringzelle, Framezelle, Audinghen, Wissant, Sangatte, Calais, Dunkerque and Belgium.
In the summer of 2022 we covered areas which we haven’t researched before including:
Saint-Malo in Brittany
Saint-Nazaire in Pays de la Loire
Ile de Re in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine
We also were able to include a number of new additions which we had missed on previous trips including ones in Normandy, Fecamp, Baie de Somme and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
On the latest 2023 summer journey I was able to visit and document these bunker site locations. As time permits I will create a new page for each one of these and share the photographs I took:
FHQ Wolfsschlucht 2 Margival
Margival – Hauts-de-France
Wolfsschluct II bunker and surrounding remains
FHQ Museum
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Friville-Escarbotin – Hauts-de-France – Bei de Somme region
Ca 02
Ca 010 FuMG Skorpion, Vaudricourt
Ca 013
Ca 015
Le Treport and Quiberville
Tre 06
Tre 011, La Motte
Marg 03
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Normandy
Trou 08
Stp 05
Wn 104
Stp 133
Stp 110
Stp 111
Wn 104
Wn 109
Wn 121
Wn 127
Wn 237
MKB Landemer / Castel Vendon
Wn 229
Wn 227
Knickebin K10 Luftwaffe Radar bunker
Wn 454
V1 Feurstellung Nr 17 14 – Mesnil-au-Val
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Bretange / Brittany
Ra 104a
Ra 104b
Ra 107
Fort Montbarey museum
Re 302 Graf Spee Museum
B 90
B 91
B 92
B 94
B 96
B 97
B 100
B 101
U-Boat museum Brest
B 317 – Vf HWB Unterstand, FL 304, FA Flakstand
Hospital bunker Morvan
MKB Vormars
Batterie Quilbignon
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Lorient
U-boat museum Lorient
U-boat DOM Bunkers
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Vannes
Va 300
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Saint-Nazaire/Pays de la Loire
U-boat bunker pens Saint-Nazaire
Nz 105
Nz 351 command post bunker now a museum
