Hardcore Atlantikwall Action!

[godzilla73]

I spent some time recently in Granville, which is a rocky penininsula that justs out into the English Channel opposite Jersey, just at the top of the Baie du Mont St Michel. The town itself was heavily fortified during successive wars with the English, from about the 15th cenury onwards and there was a fairly bloody battle there during the French revolution. As a consequence of course, the occupying German army could not resist adding its own defences during WW II. These have been left, pretty much intact but mostly sealed, up at the end of the old town (the Haute Ville). They feature a number of German style pillboxes with embrasures for some big guns, a couple of hefty HAA gun emplacements and an accommodation block, which according to a local source "les chavs locale" (I kid you not - that was the phrase that the guy actually used, though he was bi-lingual and hence may have been pulling my leg) have knocked a couple of holes in that are big enough to get a camera through. These were obviously all part of the Atlantikwall and a testament to the fact that the Germans could pour concrete as well as anyone!

Pillboxes/ Gun emplacements first

HAA Emplacements

The Accomodation Block, exterior

The Accommodation Block, interior

Thanks for looking
GDZ

 

[night crawler]

Impressive looking pillboxes I must say, I'd love to look round them inside.

 

[Snips86x]

Superb images here! Don't see many of these around

 

[jonney]

awesome concrete action there mate I would love to have a look round there

 

[fluffy5518]

Aww mate, i wanna go !! Good posting Godzy. i definately need a trip over there as there is so much to see ( i even bought a book about the Atlantic Wall the other week-- so i think a trip might be imminent, but where do you start !!!) Wonder if we could talk our respective missussisss into a joint trip !!! Mrs Newage could even tag along !! Now i know she'd enjoy that !!!

 

[night crawler]

Now that would cost remember you'd need to send them off shopping

 

[godzilla73]

Aww mate, i wanna go !! Good posting Godzy. i definately need a trip over there as there is so much to see ( i even bought a book about the Atlantic Wall the other week-- so i think a trip might be imminent, but where do you start !!!) Wonder if we could talk our respective missussisss into a joint trip !!! Mrs Newage could even tag along !! Now i know she'd enjoy that !!!

Too true - it stretched all the way from Norway to Spain. There's a lot of leave pass that would need to be stamped for that particular explore!
Godzy