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08/03/2014 01:05:19 AM · #1 |
| How do you even begin to find these...??? |
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08/03/2014 03:17:11 AM · #2 |
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08/03/2014 05:28:51 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by Tiny:
Walk the coast. |
+1 Lots of them over here.
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08/03/2014 06:27:42 AM · #4 |
| Same here. Not all of them are abandoned though. |
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08/03/2014 08:11:56 AM · #5 |
cape may point, nj
Other bunker link on the page.
Message edited by author 2014-08-03 08:13:55. |
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08/03/2014 08:16:33 AM · #6 |
Not bunkers, but these line the Delaware coastline:
//www.legion.org/magazine/160265/silent-sentinels
Message edited by author 2014-08-03 08:16:39. |
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08/03/2014 08:29:53 AM · #7 |
| I don't know about the coastline over here, but we've got the underground Diefenbunker. Does that count? |
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08/03/2014 09:52:12 AM · #8 |
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08/03/2014 09:52:19 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
How do you even begin to find these...??? |
By living in Germany near the Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg border as a kid. I used to walk the forests and find these in the middle of nowhere. While most kids build forts, my friends and I were playing in these.
Our family traveled and camped a lot in Europe while we were living in Germany and while visiting the WWII memorials and cemeteries we also stopped by some of the better bunkers that were left intact along the French coast where the D-Day invasion took place. While most of the bunkers were destroyed by the Allies after the war to further disable Germany's war making abilities, many of the ones on the French coast stand intact today.
In the vicinity of the ones in the forest near where I lived, we would find relics such as helmets (U.S. and German), rifles, mortars, pieces of grenades, and other stuff that young boys thought was really cool. One of my friends found an intact and complete mortar. |
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08/03/2014 09:53:56 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by yakatme:
Originally posted by tanguera:
How do you even begin to find these...??? |
By living in Germany near the Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg border as a kid. I used to walk the forests and find these in the middle of nowhere. While most kids build forts, my friends and I were playing in these.
Our family traveled and camped a lot in Europe while we were living in Germany and while visiting the WWII memorials and cemeteries we also stopped by some of the better bunkers that were left intact along the French coast where the D-Day invasion took place. While most of the bunkers were destroyed by the Allies after the war to further disable Germany's war making abilities, many of the ones on the French coast stand intact today.
In the vicinity of the ones in the forest near where I lived, we would find relics such as helmets (U.S. and German), rifles, mortars, pieces of grenades, and other stuff that young boys thought was really cool. One of my friends found an intact and complete mortar. |
I bet his parents were thrilled :)
Very cool childhood, my friend |
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08/03/2014 01:05:41 PM · #11 |
I watched a documentary a couple weeks ago about Hitler's bunkers that was quite good. I can't remember the name of it. However, I found this 5 part documentary series on YouTube just now, if anyone is interested. I haven't actually watched this one, but how bad can it be? :)
Hitler's Secret Bunkers |
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08/03/2014 01:13:06 PM · #12 |
| We had gun emplacement bunkers along Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach when I was growing up. They took 'em away though. And they still exist all along the top of Point Loma in what used to be Fort Rosecrans, and big ammo bunkers etc. Impressive coastal defenses. This is San Diego. BTW, San Diego locales. |
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08/03/2014 02:01:45 PM · #13 |
lots of those around the Golden Gate Bridge on SF as well, though mostly up
on the bluffs rather than on the beach. |
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08/03/2014 02:04:47 PM · #14 |
| Traveled through Albania a few years ago and the number of bunkers was incredible. On every hillside. |
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