— Tre01Mers les Bains ville et plage

StP Gruppe Le Treport · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France

Tre01Mers les Bains ville et plage

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Tro1 Mers les Bains ville et plage.
1 x R612 casemate.

1 x Vf/Schartenstand.

3 x Vf51a half group shelter.

1 x Vf7c ammunition bunker.

2 x R600b Ringstand fr a 5cm KwK.

1 x Vf/Pakstand.

2 x 5cm KwK.

1 x 4.7cm Pak181(f).

1 x 7.5cm F.K.235(b)

1 x Luftschutz bunker (Air-raid bunker).

R612 casemate for an assault gun 7.5cm F.K235(b).
R612 casemate for an assault gun 7.5cm F.K235(b).
A 7.5cm F.K235(b).
A 7.5cm F.K235(b).
R600b Ringstand for a 5cm KwK gun.
R600b Ringstand for a 5cm KwK gun.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Mers les Bains on the north bank of the river la Bassée.

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Tre01 is from the pier to the start of the low cliffs.

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Le Tréport docks.
Le Tréport docks.
Le Tréport docks.
Le Tréport docks.
5cm KwK.
5cm KwK.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
An early photo.

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
 

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The German sea wall made of concrete and painted to look like bricks.
The German sea wall made of concrete and painted to look like bricks.
Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
The sea wall.

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This could be the site of where the bunker stood and it must have been removed in the 50's..
This could be the site of where the bunker stood and it must have been removed in the 50's..
Sea wall with a bunker to the left.
Sea wall with a bunker to the left.
The bunker to the left.
The bunker to the left.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Luftschutz bunker - air-rad bunker, two roads behind the beach. This looks as though it may have been used for the civilians that lived here.

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LS arm band.
LS arm band.
Plan of a basic LS bunker.
Plan of a basic LS bunker.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Luftschult bunker. Thank you to Peter for this information.

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

R612 casemate can just be seen with the flanking wall behind the man. Barbed wire beach defences still in place. View south west along the beach and sea-wall.

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R612 casemate plan.
R612 casemate plan.
R612 casemate MKB Bunkertour.
R612 casemate MKB Bunkertour.
R612 casemate with a 7.5cm F.K.235(b).
R612 casemate with a 7.5cm F.K.235(b).

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

 9 USAAF 18 June 1945 taken from 2000ft.

18 June 1945

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Machine Gun bunker.

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Machine Gun bunker, possibly the Vf/Schartenstand. Two or three machine guns would have covered the beach area.

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
Possibly the Vf/Schartenstand or machine gun pillbox. A good use of camouflage.

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The anti-tank rails set into the ground.
The anti-tank rails set into the ground.
Anti-tank obstacles.
Anti-tank obstacles.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Vf/Schartenstand or machine gun bunker.

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Vf/Schartenstand inside.

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Looking back at the Vf/Schartenstand

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Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Ramped exit from beach, showing embedded steel anti-tank obstacles.

(4041/82 S.E./462825).

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
 

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