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A set of articles on Coastal Batteries defending the coastlines in Europe during WW2.

Stützpunkt H.K.B. 8./180 Vesterhavsbad – German Coastal Battery – Fanø, Denmark

The H.K.B. 8./180 was under control of the Wehrmacht as it is a Heeresküstenbatterie (Eng. Army Coastal battery). …

Posted December 30, 2024 (updated January 3, 2025) by Patrick

M.K.B. 2./518 Marine Küstenbatterie Gneisenau – German Coastal Battery – Fanø, Denmark

This German coastal gun battery on the island of Fanø used four main guns, installed late 1944. It …

Posted December 30, 2024 (updated January 3, 2025) by Patrick

Coastal Batterie Hess – Regelbau 622 – Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, France

During the Second World War, the English carried out a surprise attack on the French coastal city of …

Posted October 18, 2024 (updated October 18, 2024) by Patrick

Stützpunkt Corbière – German Coastal Battery and Strongpoint at La Corbière – Jersey, United Kingdom

Stützpunkt Corbière or Strongpoint Corbière was a German fortified area with some specialized bunkers. These bunkers seemed to …

Posted January 1, 2024 (updated January 1, 2024) by Patrick

Marine Küstenbatterie Lothringen – German Coastal Battery at Noiront Point – Saint Brélade, Jersey – United Kingdom

In 1941, about the same time construction started on Coastal Battery Moltke up north, Batterie Lothringen was formed …

Posted December 25, 2023 (updated August 14, 2024) by Patrick

Stützpunkt Heeres Küstenbatterie 4./180 Thyborøn – German Coastal Battery – Thyborøn, Denmark

The German army started construction on the coastal battery in 1941 with open gun emplacements at first. During …

Posted November 2, 2023 (updated December 30, 2024) by Patrick

Stützpunkt Bjerghuse – Heeres Küstenbatterie 18./180 – Bjerghuse, Denmark

Situated on the west side of the Nissum Fjord lies Stützpunkt Bjerghuse named after the Danish town nearby. …

Posted October 25, 2023 (updated December 29, 2024) by Patrick

Stützpunkt Tørring – German Coastal Battery at the Limfjord, Lemvig Denmark

Stützpunkt Tørring or Törring lies at the Limfjord between the Danish towns Torring and Underbjerg west of Lemvig. …

Posted October 20, 2023 (updated February 18, 2024) by Patrick

Stützpunkt 164a Sicklingen, Marine Küstenbatterie Waringzelle – Audinghen, France

Stützpunkt 164a Sicklingen was armed with two 150mm SK L/45 guns and had a German "Mammut" radar for …

Posted July 12, 2023 (updated December 29, 2024) by Pascal

Batterie Todt – Turm IV – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

Turm IV of Batterie Todt lies at the edge of the forest of Haringzelles overlooking the English Channel. …

Posted July 2, 2023 (updated May 14, 2024) by Pascal

Batterie Todt – Turm III – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

This German bunker Turm III is part of Batterie Todt in Audinghen, France. In August 1945 it was …

Posted July 2, 2023 (updated May 13, 2024) by Pascal

Batterie Todt – Turm II – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France

This German bunker Turm II housed the Krupp 380mm (15 inch) SK C/34 naval gun protected by a …

Posted July 2, 2023 (updated May 13, 2024) by Pascal

Atlantic Wall – Coastal Battery Moltke – Jersey, United Kingdom

To defend the beaches on St Ouen's Bay and the waters on the west side of the isle …

Posted July 1, 2023 (updated December 16, 2023) by Patrick

Tirpitz Museum, Kriegsmarine Coastal Battery Vogelnest – Oksby, Blåvand Denmark

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Posted March 25, 2023 (updated December 30, 2024) by Patrick

Fort Island IJmuiden – Guarding the water way to Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Fort at IJmuiden was built in the 19th century as part of a total of 43 forts and …

Posted December 27, 2022 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal

Kriegsmarine Gun Battery Schleswig Holstein – Hel, Poland

The German Navy strengthened the Peninsula of Hel, they added three huge gun emplacements and an observation tower. …

Posted January 4, 2021 (updated December 30, 2024) by Patrick

Atlantic Wall – Seeziel Batterie Heerenduin W.N. 81 – IJmuiden, Netherlands

Battery Heerenduin is situated at the estuary of the North Sea Canal which runs towards the port of …

Posted March 31, 2017 (updated December 30, 2024) by Patrick

Marine Küstenbatterie Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy France

Between Omaha beach and Gold beach lies Marine Küstenbatterie Longues-sur-Mer or M.K.B. Longues-sur-Mer. Construction started in September 1943 …

Posted October 22, 2016 (updated December 29, 2024) by Patrick