Discovering and visiting a WW2 bunker in Normandy, France.

[Sylvain]

 

[MrsGungho]

 

[Sylvain]

You can tell that other bunkers are hidden around this ones.Those ones fully underground.
You can still see some unatural bumps in that field.In some places small concrete blocks sticking from the ground.

 

[Birds Away]

Man, those guys are everywhere.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Cool pictures...looks like a nice day in France today.

 

[Sylvain]

Cool pictures...looks like a nice day in France today.

43°F, sunny, and a bit windy especially on the coast, but not too bad.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

43°F, sunny, and a bit windy especially on the coast, but not too bad.

Not bad for a day in February...at least here in Indiana. It's supposed to be near 60F today and it's already 50.

 

[calcot7]

Probably broken glass from old wine bottles, human and animal waste, used syringes and other bio-hazardous material. Those were some of the dangers I experienced while touring a WWII bunker guarding the coast on a U.S. Army base in Port Townsend, Washington across from Seattle. If those walls could talk......

YES ! You should go inside ! What does the "danger " sign say in the second pic , danger from what , falling or old ordnance ?

 

[Trigger Time]

Awesome buddy!!! Now break me off one of those outter pebbles
that long section looks like tunnel?
we need to get sylvain a shuvle and metal detector

 

[Sylvain]

Awesome buddy!!! Now break me off one of those outter pebbles
that long section looks like tunnel?
we need to get sylvain a shuvle and metal detector

Think of all the Nazi gold I could find.

I dont think there is a tunnel.The other underground bunkers are quite far away from this one and they must have been fully burried after the war.

 

[Lee11b]

Awesome pics sylvain!!!!!

 

[Sylvain]

D Day bump! 'Merica!

 

[SEIndSAM]

Very cool Pics Sylvain..... Thanks for the bump...

 

[SEIndSAM]

Very cool Pics Sylvain..... Thanks for the bump...

I had a Step-Father-In-Law that served at D-Day who passed last July. Not many of these heroes remaining, but we owe a lot to them....

 

[ultra...good]

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[actaeon277]

You might find this interesting.
It's 18 minutes long, but worth it.

[video=vimeo;128373915]https://vimeo.com/128373915[/video]

 

[MRockwell]

Thanks for the bump, great pics.

So for a traveler, what is the ease of getting to the beaches from Paris?
My fiance went to Paris several years ago with a friend, and due to said friend had a less than stellar time. I would like to go to take her to Paris, and if I'm going all that way- I want to visit the Normandy area.

 

[Sylvain]

Thanks for the bump, great pics.

So for a traveler, what is the ease of getting to the beaches from Paris?
My fiance went to Paris several years ago with a friend, and due to said friend had a less than stellar time. I would like to go to take her to Paris, and if I'm going all that way- I want to visit the Normandy area.

I guess the easiest way would be by train from Paris to Caen and then by bus to go to the beaches.
I'm not really sure since I travel by car but I could look into that in more detail if you really want to plan a trip there.

You could also rent a car in Paris and take the highway if you're not afraid of possibly getting lost.

 

[MRockwell]

I guess the easiest way would be by train from Paris to Caen and then by bus to go to the beaches.
I'm not really sure since I travel by car but I could look into that in more detail if you really want to plan a trip there.

You could also rent a car in Paris and take the highway if you're not afraid of possibly getting lost.

Thank you for the info. It probably will not be for a couple years, the fiance has to finish up her MBA, but is something we have discussed.
Her friend she went with was into the "budget" trip and was not much fun.

 

[dvd1955]

Awesome Thread! Thanks so much for posting. My FIL was a prisoner of the German Luftwaffe at Stalag Luft III when D-Day was happening. He is still with us, and has an oral presentation that he has given many times. Sad to think that most of those that survived the war are now gone. Nice to see some of the structures are still around.