Wn118 Pointe de la Loge
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Another small Wn defence of the Normandy coast.
Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
1 x Vf7b
1 x Vf69 mortar bunker.
1 x Vf58c Tobruk.
2 x Vf 2 x Nr1694 Ringstand's.
2 x 5cm KwK L/42.
SHM
Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
This was two mine fields MF.60 and MF.61.The view to Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Plan of the Wn's & StP's and the mine fields. There were millions of mines laid in WW2 by all sides.
German defence plan
Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
You can just see a Tobruk lip on the right side of this photo, showing how well it was camouflaged in the sand dune.
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This is a very good air photo of the pointe and it does show quite a few of the defences.
Geoportail 1973
Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Vf8 plan.
Plan Kurt
Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
This Tobruk covers the beach but also the 5cm KwK ringstand.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
5cm KwK L/42 anti tank gun ringstand.
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The view to the point.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Looking back from the pointe at the Tobruk & ringstand.
What the concrete block is I do not know??
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Either a reservoir or the entrance to a small bunker. There were several small shelters here.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Vf bunker probably like a Vf2a type.
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This is a much larger Vf bunker. Vf Vf. - V (Verstärkt) f. (feldmäßig (er).
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Hidden entrance in the bushes.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Small underground shelter.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
This could have been for a field cannon of 7.5cm type.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
Somebody many years ago decided to build a house (toy house) over the ringstand, a good second use.
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Inside showing the ammunition niches that went around the wall.
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
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Wn118 Pointe de la Lodge
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