Small
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Through the ages: Soldiers and women: 1800, 1900 and
1943 |
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Inside bunkers belonging to
Stp. Langenberg, Guernsey, C.I., GB |
photo's: SP |
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a
couple kissing with an eagle on the look-out, the German
helmet and a heraldic scene with a crest and medieval
weapons |
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Inside the former Dutch fortress Fort Vechten
near Utrecht, NL, 5-2011 |
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The castle of the black knight, the drawings were made
by? |
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The fortress was used after the war to house Dutch collaborators...
an ironic 'WELKOM' above the entrance to one of the
cells |
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Inside a recently demolished building,
Festung Hoek van Holland, 2010 |
photo's:
AvB |
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some
almost faded figures of soldiers? |
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Inside a Vf-bunker, somewhere in the Festung IJmuiden, NL, 09-2004 |
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Inside a groupbunker somewhere in the Netherlands |
photo: ZBP
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Comrade Stalin, post
war? |
On the
inside of a bunker somewhere in The Netherlands |
photo: HBP |
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Urlaub! |
R & R! |
Krieg Wache Ruhe |
war watch rest |
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On the
inside of a bunker somewhere in The Netherlands |
photo's: HBP |
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wer kommem wierder, wer wollen ihn nicht hassen
schweine |
we will be
back, we do not want to hate you swines |
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On the
inside of a bunker in The Netherlands |
photo: HBP |
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Deutschland Führer |
'hier hab' ich gesessen |
und nachgedacht |
wie hat mich der Teufel |
nach Frankreich gebracht' |
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Here I sat
and wondered, how the devil had taken me to France |
On the
inside of a bunker somewhere in The Netherlands |
photo's: HBP |
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a romance dating
from 4-7-1942 ... |
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B. Sch. JP.1945,
also post war? |
On the
inside of bunkers somewhere in The Netherlands |
photo: HBP |
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Inside the old fortress nr 3, Antwerp,B |
photo's: BFA |
winter wonderland
and Santa Claus? Are these drawings really authentic? |
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Napoleon, see his
right hand inside his overcoat! |
Mieux les
prussiens |
a
Boulogne, |
comme les perfides anglais! |
it's better to
have the Prussians in Boulogne than the English perverts! And a
soldier smoking a pipe. |
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Inside a commandbunker
R-117b, Stp. Heliotrop, St. Etienne-aux-Mont near Boulogne,
F, 08-2005 |
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a group of
soldiers drinking a local drink? see the name Uxem on the
bottle! |
a man holding a ... |
radio? madame
Radio geht ...? |
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Inside an ammunition bunker R-134, Stp. Brassen, Leffrinckoucke, Pas
de Calais, F, 2005/3 |
photo's: BFA, below: BK. |
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a calendar in
German: 15 Tagen habe ich gesessen? Someone kept a record of a
15 day period, perhaps he was in detention? Could have been: Jan or Oct 1943. |
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an old man writing a
letter with a feather and the old city-gate ('Zuidhavenpoort')
in the nearby town of Zierikzee. This last one is probably
authentic.
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Inside old corridors and a R-638 small dressing station 'Kleiner
Sanitätsunterstand', Stp.Gr. Schouwen, Haamstede, NL |
photo's: HA |
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the beginning of
a small drawing ... or is it post war?
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a small face,
painted with the same paint as the surrounding texts so German
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Movie
theatre of the former Dutch fortress, Kernwerk Festung IJmuiden, NL,
12-2004 |
photo: RB
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Open FLAK emplacement FL 243/L 401, MFB Erfprinz, V.B. Den Helder, NL, 04-2005 |
photo: PD
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a soldier's face
and ...?
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Inside a Vf shelter, somewhere in the St.Gr. Oostvoorne,
NL, 03-2005 |
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a soldier and his
girl on the beach, while a rabbit is watching them?
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Inside a groupbunker R-502, Wn 51H, 's Gravenzande, Landfront
Fasting Hoek van Holland, 11-2004 |
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left: a chair with ?
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right: a blue
decoration with a word? authentic?
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Wovon kann der Landser |
denn schon träumen! |
a girl on a sofa
and ... ?
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Inside a Küverbunker, M.Fl.B. Süd-Ost Wn 92, Festung IJmuiden, NL,
01-2005 |
photo's: LJdV
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.... a real small drawing of a flower and a peacock |
Inside an SK bunker and the former Dutch fortress, Kernwerk Festung
IJmuiden, NL, 12-2004 |
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... and a very fine
drawing of a small village made with a pencil ...
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Inside a bunker somewhere on the AW in Normandy, F |
photo's: BD
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Ach, Max, musst du denn
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die dummen Ruder immer
halten
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A
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"Hörst du nicht, wie mein Herz von Liebe schlägt?"
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"Ich denke Fritz, es wäre dein Armbanduhr!"
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Inside a Vf-bunker, somewhere in the
Festung IJmuiden, NL, 2002 |
photo's:
AvB |
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Tolle Frau-
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kan vor funf Uhr- |
leider ... ?
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es ist so schön Soldat zu sein... |
Lauter! |
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Über die Gefallenen |
dieses Freiheitskrieges |
wächst unsere grosse |
Zukunft. |
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Ihr seid nicht um- |
sonst gefallen! |
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"Spähtrupp" |
bei |
Jolanthe! |
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ALLEN GEWALTEN-ZUM
TRUTZ SICH ERHALTEN |
We stand firm in
spite of all violence! So the proud Viking withstands all! |
A German eagle, a sword
with the German helmet and a date and some small drawings and texts ...
Vorsicht! Schwi ... t! |
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Inside a groupbunker near the museum on Utah beach, Normandy, 08-2003 |
photo's: DP
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Inside a bunker somewhere in Belgium, 2003 |
photo's: BK |
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some figures in
charcoal, very vulnerable but nevertheless still in
place! |
the one to the left
made after the war by allied troops?
Why not
join a cracked rest.? A.T.S. |
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a drawing of a radar
on top of the bunker, it looks authentic. |
Inside a 'L 485 Unterstand fűr
Mammut', Wissant, Pas de Calais, F, 05-2003 |
photo's: AvB |
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a drawing of a German
soldier's head...both in chalk and pencil |
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left: Inside a 'R 120' near Mont de
Sombre, Pas de Calais, F, 05-2003 |
photo: AvB |
right: Inside the former Dutch
fortress on fortress island, 'Kernwerk Festung IJmuiden', NL,
01-2001 |
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Inside
a Wellblech,
Renouville La Fossette, Cotentin, F
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photo's: DP |
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several small pictures, anchors...an accordion player... |
Inside a now demolished bunker,
'Festung IJmuiden', NL |
photo's: HH |
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Non German BunkerArt:
These small drawings, inscriptions or fresco's are not
really a part of German BunkerArt, but these remnants are also a
unique
memento from the past keeping the memory alive to the unknown men who
once applied them: |
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Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, F,
06-2013. |
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No 1 and No 2: Indicating the direction to the first and
second small hospital ward. |
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GOOD OLD M.O. (Medical Officer)
HE IS HUMAN. |
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HERE'S TO THE A.T.S. (Auxiliary
Territorial Service) I DRINK TO THEIR HEALTH ...... |
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These relics were left behind
on the walls above a small chapel created by Canadian
Engineers a few days after D-Day on the grounds of the HQ
of the 120 L.A.A. (Light Anti Aircraft)
Regiment Royal Artillery created in the former Orts
-kommandantur! |
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Names (?) and a small drawing |
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Directions to the Crepon assembly area. The double T is an
additional formation badge 50th infantry division. For the
assault on Gold beach the 86th Field regiment was placed
under command of the 50th division, which was originally
raised in the North East of England. The two T's represent
the main rivers of the erea, the Tyne and the Tees. |
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CREPON ASSEMBLY AREA |
ALL DUMPS |
FF 40 FF55 |
repainted
after the original |
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Two absolutely great
propaganda drawings made by Sovjet troops in more recent days:
Mother Russia with missiles and two Sovjet soldiers |
Inside the 'Burschener Schleife', ammumagazine for PzT. 3, Ostwall,
Pl, 06-2007 |
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The bay of the
nearby town of Morlaix was utilised by the US Navy during the
summer/autumn of 1944 for unloading in the Morlaix harbour. It
is said that some of these men transformed the former R604 into
a bar. |
Inside a R-604, Mo 81, Pen al Lan, Carantec, Brittany, F |
photo's: OD
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WIE MET EEN DRONKEN MAN TWIST |
Who
argues with a drunk |
BELEDIGT EEN AFWEZIGE! |
offends the
absentee. |
IN HET LEGER HEEFT DE MEERDERE ALTIJD
GELIJK |
The superior
is always right |
MAAR VOORAL IN ZULKE GEVALLEN, WAARIN
HIJ |
in the army,
specially in cases when |
ONGELIJK HEEFT. DIT MOET DE MINDERE
ALTIJD |
he is wrong,
this should always be |
ONTHOUDEN, DE MEERDERE ALTIJD
VERGETEN. |
remembered
by the subordinate. |
DRINKEN, DRANK, BEDRONKEN |
To drink,
drank, drunk. |
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Inside the former Dutch fortress Fort Vechten
near Utrecht, NL, 5-2011 |
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Soldier's humour is universal! |
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Join the Navy! |
Je Maintiendrai |
I will prevail,
slogan of the Dutch monarchy |
Koninklijke Marine |
Royal Navy |
and some nice
small drawings |
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Inside a small canteen, Wn 45H, Festung Hoek van Holland, NL,
06-2006 |
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some wishes in Czech
and a British Cromwell tank, made by Czech soldiers shortly
after the war |
Inside a H.Q. bunker 'R 117 Battalions- oder Regiments
Gefechtsstand', St.Pt. Arnika, Ghyvelde, Pas de Calais, F, 1994 |
photo's: DP |
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left: a star, looking
rather 'allied'. Some remnants of post-war occupation can be
found inside the bunker, so probably not authentic |
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left: inside an a groupbunker ' R 621 Gruppenunterstand',
Le Lomer south of Pte. du Halguen, Brittany, F, 08-2002 |
photo: PLL |
right:
inside the castle of Asnelles, Normandy, F, 08-2003 |
photo: DP
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right: British drawing showing the German positions Wn 37 on the
evening of D-Day, June 6, 1944 |
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REGINA RIFLE REGIMENT |
SEPT. 6. 1944 |
K 76375 |
Rfm. Court Ed ... |
... CANADA |
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Canadian 'graffiti' inside a Vf bunker, Minedor, Pas de Calais, F, 05-2003
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photo's: AvB |
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Small inscriptions: |
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On the walls of the Caen
castle, Caen, Normandy, F. |
photo's: BD |
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On an old farm-wall belonging to a chateau somewhere in the North of
France, 06-2005 |
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A ... D ... (?) |
13 parachute Battalion |
O - RI DONE STEVENS (?) |
K 62214 CLIFFORD N. DOUGLAS 1´ CANADIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION |
COURTENAY VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA |
Clifford Douglas qualified as a paratrooper at Ringway, near
Manchester, England 3-3-1944. Unfortunately that's the limit of my
info so far, the only living C. Douglas in Courtenay nowadays is a
Christine Douglas ... |
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BARNSLEY OCT 3
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J.A. THOMAS |
1944 |
ENGLAND |
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F.S. RAOC |
ENGLAND 1939 |
F.S. belonged to the RAOC |
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H. HELM |
2.9.40 ENGLAND |
was H. Helm a German? |
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DE / GAM / (?) |
GEORGE / |
COURTRAI |
8-2-43 |
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JOS |
StORMS |
ZOERSEL |
BELGIE 24-6-43 |
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They appear to be pre war British (the RAOC),
made during the war by Belgian workers (?) and German soldiers as well
as post war inscriptions made by British- and Canadian parachute
troops. |
The RAOC: this was the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. This was a support
service, they were amongst other things responsible of supplying
ammunition etc. to the front line. They went everywhere with the
British Army and were in the B.E.F |
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20.7.1940 |
with iron crosses and
a |
scratched away
swastika |
H.H. Heil Hitler? |
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a scratched away
swastika and an iron cross |
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Gefr.
Herrman Esk. Würtabg. Res. Drag. Regt. Gefr. Weber |
Lembeke
den 13. März 1917 |
Gefr.
Streicher |
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Inside a MG bunker from WWI,
Eeklo, B, 11-2011 |
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Miscellaneous drawings: |
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right: a drawing of
'Sovjet style' soldier made by Armenian troops serving as
Osttruppen |
Inside a bunker in the Slotbos, Haamstede, Nl |
photo: JL
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a hockey player, a
horse, a soldier, an elephant and a giraffe ... are these
authentic? |
On the
inside of a bunker somewhere in The Netherlands |
photo's: RV |
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a fighter plane and
a war scene ... |
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Wacht am Kanal: The German soldier
on guard, even a very small one! |
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Stp. Heliotrop, St. Etienne-aux-Mont near Boulogne,
F |
photo:
BK |
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Die Nacht |
ist nicht allein |
zum Schlafen da... |
And in full! |
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Great drawing inside a Vf bunker on a
former German airfield somewhere on the AW in the Netherlands, 03-2003 |
photo: FvW |
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two German
soldiers dated 1944 |
Inside a fortress around Metz,
F |
photo's: S |
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a soldier's head
and the initials AG? silhouettes of the men who worked in this shelter?
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Inside
a Vf shelter, somewhere in the St.Gr. Oostvoorne, NL, 03-2005 |
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all
slightly different from eachother...
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MAI
1940 |
DEUTSCHE
SOLDATEN |
and
a nice sailing boat and seagull |
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left: inside
the former Dutch fortress, Festung Hoek van Holland, NL, 05-2005 |
right: inside
a groupbunker 'R 622 Doppelgruppenunterstand', Bt. Oye Plage, Gravelines, Pas de Calais, F |
photo: LvdW |
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a nice
framework for? |
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a soldier
running...his equipment is clearly visible! |
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left: inside the commandbunker of the
Batt. Oldenburg, Pas de Calais, F, 07-2002 |
right: inside
a Vf bunker H.K.B. 63/977 Nordheim, N |
photo:
EE
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why
a sailor inside an Army Coastal Battery? |
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left: a guy shaving
right: a soldier and his
girl are going 'zur Clause'. |
Inside a
searchlight bunker 'L 411 Werferstand fűr 60 cm Scheinwerfer', Rømø, DK |
left photo: JP, right: HH
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Inside
a bunker somewhere on the AW in France, 07-2004 |
photo's:
BK
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a
circus inside a bunker! mark the word Circus written to the left... ...does
this mean it is authentic? |
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an
other painted window and some...modern art? |
Inside an ammunitionbunker R 607, Bt. 'Ida',
Carriere du Roualias, F
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photo's: LvdW |
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a soldier with a bottle and a glass drinking wine
and some soldiers jumping... |
Inside
a former German recreational facility on the Dutch coast
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photo's:
AWN |
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a map op Central-Europe showing the 'Groß Deutsches
Reich'and the Generalgouvernement (the part of occupied Poland
not taken into the Reich, now western Belarus with the city of Bialystok,
Brest-Litowsk, Kobryn and of western Ukraine with the towns of
Kowel, Luzk, Rowno... Romania in the south. Painted by Osttruppen coming from these countries, and there were many of
them in the region during 1943/44. |
Inside
a Vf,
Mo 81, Pen al Lan, Carantec, Brittany, F
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photo:
OD
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2 swallows
painted on the wall |
Inside
a kitchen-bunker 'R 645 Stand für 1 Küche', 'H.K.A.R.' Blåvand,
DK, 07-2003
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photo: AvB |
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