Discovering and visiting a WW2 bunker in Normandy, France.

[MrsGungho]

very cool Sylvain

 

[Sylvain]

That's it for this bunker, it only has two rooms.
Looks like I dont have pics of the second room but they look the same.

I left this bunker and went back to the larger one I previously visited.

I wanted to check the mysterious tunnel.

It's a small space, maybe 40 inches tall.But I managed to get inside to snap a few pictures.

Once you cross the tunnel there is a brick shaft maybe 10 feet high and concrete ceiling.

No ladder though.

 

[Sylvain]

Amazing. Thanks for going the extra mile and going back. the marls on the wall make you wonder what really happened! I hope you have had a tetanus shot!

I actually cut myself!

Not sure if it was inside the bunkers or while going through the thick vegetation.

 

[Cldedhnds]

This is great! Thanks Sylvain!

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

Thanks again Sylvain! I am really enjoying these!

 

[Sylvain]

On my way back I stopped a beach to take a few more pictures.

The star-sprangled banner at sunset ... 'MERICA!

A few broken bunkers on the beach ...

 

[Trigger Time]

Man I'd love to metal detect the beach and surrounding grounds. Probably illegal though. Sad that some pieces of history are fading away.

 

[Sylvain]

I think that's about it for that trip.

Just a last bunker.Observation post on top of the cliff.

The entrance to this one is not open to the public and is very
There is a large command post underneath the surface (inside the cliff), a shelter, a network of tunnels and a few more rooms.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Thank you very much. Awesome thread.

 

[hooky]

Thanks Sylvain.

 

[1861navy]

Wow, sylvain this is really cool. Thanks for sharing this with us, and taking us on a trip through history.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Awesome pics and story Sylvain! Merci beaucoup for sharing them!

yep. Definitely mercy buckets.

-J-

 

[spec4]

Thank you very much for posting. Is that cool blue Renault in the first post yours?

 

[Sylvain]

Thank you very much for posting. Is that cool blue Renault in the first post yours?

Not mine but it was my ride for the day.That explains the INGO sticker.

It's a Clio model.

 

[Dead Duck]

Not mine but it was my ride for the day.That explains the INGO sticker.

So what does "INGO" translate to in French?

 

[Sylvain]

So what does "INGO" translate to in French?

I guess that would be "PAIN" (for Propriétaires d'Armes de 'INdiana).But that would also mean "bread".

 

[PappyD]

Those are super cool photos. I got a bit teary-eyed when I was looking at the one overlooking the beach.

I was thinking the same thing. May have been a MG42 right at that spot- great fields of fire. Tie it in with the next bunker..and the next...

Amazing!

 

[Sylvain]

I was thinking the same thing. May have been a MG42 right at that spot- great fields of fire. Tie it in with the next bunker..and the next...

Amazing!

I believe this was an observation and shelter bunker with a flak position on the roof or next to it.
They did have MG42s but closer to the beach.Probably in torbouk type bunkers.

I have picture taken on the beach bellow that bunker.
You can see 30+ dead soldiers lying there next to smoking vehicles.

 

[Sylvain]

I believe this was an observation and shelter bunker with a flak position on the roof or next to it.
They did have MG42s but closer to the beach.Probably in torbouk type bunkers.

I have picture taken on the beach bellow that bunker.
You can see 30+ dead soldiers lying there next to smoking vehicles.

Well that would be Tobruk in English.

It's one of the smallest bunker made.
It either had a M42 or a mortar in them, sometimes even a tank turret (usually from enemy tanks).

 

[jimbob488]

Awesome. Very cool