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  1. Picanha

    Photos Fortifications and Bunkers

    Alternative Accommodation of the Constitutional Organs of the Federal Republic of Germany (Out of Service) https://www.regbu.de/Fremdsprachen/GB1.html The bunker of the federal government inside the valley of the river Ahr has been the most top secret building in the history of the federal...
  2. Axis equipment

    Axis equipment

    Mussolini inspecting a bunker
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    • Album: More uncommon Axis equipment
  3. Maunsell Army Sea Forts

    Maunsell Army Sea Forts

    The Maunsell Forts are armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for...
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    • Category: Fortifications
  4. Boer War Blockhouse at Wolsley

    Boer War Blockhouse at Wolsley

    Blockhouse #6 on the Wellington loop
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  5. Boer War Blockhouse at Wolsley

    Boer War Blockhouse at Wolsley

    Blockhouse #5 on the Wellington Loop
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  6. Boer War Blockhouse at Wellington

    Boer War Blockhouse at Wellington

    Blockhouse #1 on the Wellington Loop
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  7. Boer War Blockhouse at Tulbagh

    Boer War Blockhouse at Tulbagh

    Blockhouse #3 and the second Blockhouse on the Wellington loop that is in a very poor condition
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  8. Boer War Fort at Uniondale

    Boer War Fort at Uniondale

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  9. Boer War Blockhouse at Laingsburg

    Boer War Blockhouse at Laingsburg

    This Blockhouse was restored
    • ColynB
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  10. Boer War Blockhouse at Leeu-Gamka

    Boer War Blockhouse at Leeu-Gamka

    Near this site is the grave of #5396 Private J Schultz of the 3rd Grenadier Guards, who at over 7ft tall was reputed to be the tallest man in the British Army. The Blockhouse is in a poor condition
    • ColynB
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  11. Boer War Blockhouse Noupoort

    Boer War Blockhouse Noupoort

    One of the biggest built during the war. This one was used for defence, and for the manufacture of 'uncuttable' Barbed Wire.
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  12. Boer War Blockhouse at Hermon

    Boer War Blockhouse at Hermon

    One of 6 on the Wellington loop near Paarl This one is in a bad condition as is two of the others
    • ColynB
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  13. Boer War blockhouse Riet River

    Boer War blockhouse Riet River

    This is one of the best kept Blockhouses almost in 100% condition
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  14. Boer War Blockhouse Prieska

    Boer War Blockhouse Prieska

    This Blockhouse is constructed from the rock it is bases on. The whole cliff is 'Tigers Eye' a stone used extensively in making jewelry. The average loose rock weighs around 3 kilograms
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  15. Boer War Blockhouse at Orange River Station

    Boer War Blockhouse at Orange River Station

    This Blockhouse guarded the Bridge over the Orange River near Magersfontein. Early one morning the British sentries spotted clouds of dust that they took to be an enemy advance and promptly blew the bridge up. They later learned that it was a dust storm. The Blockhouse was re-inforced by the...
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    • Album: Anglo Boer War Construction
  16. Boer War Blockhouse at Jacobsdal

    Boer War Blockhouse at Jacobsdal

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  17. Boer War Blockhouse at Beaufort West

    Boer War Blockhouse at Beaufort West

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  18. A fortification - Normandy

    A fortification - Normandy

    This is a fortification at Normandy, location unknown. British troops seem to have occupied the top of it for use as AA emplacement. The gun inside is a PAK 43 Heavy towed Anti-tank gun.
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