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This command bunker of type 117a is nicknamed “wing bunker” or “whale bunker.” This name is derived from the large stabilizing piece built onto the bunker, which has the specific shape of a whale tail or airplane tail.
In this bunker, a type 467 6-men bunker, there has been an exhibition about the Udetboje since this spring.
This bunker is intended to house a Gruppe, consisting of ten soldiers. In the bunker you can see an exhibition of planes that crashed on
This air-raid shelter is a bomb-proof bunker and had two functions: a cannon could be placed and the defenses housed operating personnel.
This air-raid shelter is a bomb-proof bunker and had two functions: a cannon could be placed and the defenses housed operating personnel.
This G23 anti-aircraft weapons bunker is also known as the Sleutelbunker type L410A. Besides this one on Terschelling, only one other similar bunker exists in Den Helder.
MG stands for machine gun. Positioned at the bunker, the weapon was able to cover the canal, the Scheldewerf and the bridge to the wharf.
This bunker has considerable damage on the outside. This damage was not caused by grenades or rockets, but by a test explosion when there were plans to demolish the bunker.
This personnel bunker type 622 was partly buried in sand during the heavy fighting on November 1st in 1944. This probably resulted in the beautiful current state of being unlike the other bunkers in these dunes.
On the first of November this Manschappenbunker type 622 in Dishoek have seen a lot of fighting. The results of this impact are still visible.
This bunker was an ammunition store and you can still see lists of types of ammunition that were kept here noted on the walls.
This is the only type M159 hospital bunker in The Netherlands and played a significant role during the war.
On the outside of this bunker in Dishoek you can still see the damage of a ‘Typhoon missile’ and the impact of 20 mm bullets from an aircraft gun.
This bunker is the forerunner of the nearby Biberbunker.
All telephone and radio links for fighter planes and FLAK racks (bunkers with anti-aircraft cannons) ran from this bunker.
The bunker is unique in The Netherlands due to it being the only one of its type to be fully accessible.
This munitions bunker is part of the German Vineta battery and is currently home to the Nederlands Militair kustverdedigingsmuseum (Dutch Military Coastal Defence Museum).
Group shelter type P is a Dutch military structure. It was built in 1940, just before the outbreak of the war. The group shelter doesn’t have any firing ports, except for an access defense port. A group shelter accommodated 8 to 10 soldiers.
Hidden on the Paasdal midget golf course is a small communications bunker.
There are only two of this type of bunker in the whole Atlantic Wall.
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