— Wn307Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
2 x SK/MG Schartenstand.
10 x Unterstand.
1 x French Fort.
Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Fort North of Port Racine. From file 'DEFE 2-138 Clawhammer - Cap de la Hague' 1942.
DEFE 2-138 Clawhammer 25 October 1942
Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Fort North of Port Racine. From file 'DEFE 2-138 Clawhammer - Cap de la Hague' 1942, S6 is the landing beach that could have been used in Operation Clawhammer. An operation planned that was not carried out.
DEFE 2-138 Clawhammer 25 October 1942
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The rocks of les Herbeuses. British government asked the public to send in photos of their holidays abroad. Thousands were sent in and teams of young women working for Army Intelligence filed them away. If an operation was imminent the pictures could be pulled out and used to see what the beaches looked like. This was is one of the photo sent in and used in file DEFE 2-138.
DEFE 2-138 Clawhammer 25 October 1942
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A French postcard showing how the roof was crenellated.
Post Card
Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
DEFE 2-138 is as far as I can see, this is a file to be used if a small landing was to be planned on the Hagué peninsular. Between 1940-1943, many landings were planned and made on German occupied land. Some were successful but some were complete disasters. One disaster was 'Aquitint' a reconnaissance on what was to become 'Omaha Beach' before D-Day had been planned. Resulted in all the partisipance rounded up and either killed in action, shot as spies with one escaped back to England through France .
DEFE 2-138 Clawhammer
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Fort of the Rocks or Fort St Martin. John with me taking the picture.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
The Fort has had a top layer built on to it to allow more space inside.
The towers are rectangular buildings with three levels including two vaulted. The "ground divide" accessible only the first floor is dedicated to living and cooking. The main level, which is the entrance, is one of the barracks of the troops, the chief and the keeper. The third level is an open terrace with a crenelated parapet, arranged to collect rain water to feed a tank in the basement. The walls of a half meters to two meters thick to enable them to withstand light artillery, and their vaults to bring a few pieces of small calibre guns. The towers, quite expensive and theoretically reserved for points very exposed and isolated coastline. (translation).
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
This is where the draw bridge was.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Part of the curtain wall removed to allow a view.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Inside down stairs. This would have been the infantries accommodation in bunk beds. Probably a platoon of German soldiers.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Outside on the defending earth wall is this Unterstand, one of ten that were here.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Looking inside.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Embrasure for a machine gun.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Way out.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Part of the old fortifications.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Part of a curtain wall.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Part of a curtain wall on the inside. The two smaller French rifle loopholes either side of a German made machine gun loophole.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
A strengthened concrete structure.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
A strengthened concrete structure.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
A ancient chapel to the fort.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Part of the curtain wall with a (I think) a mortar position.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Mortar base. It would have had sand bags built up around the front face.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Plan of a Mortar Tobruk with a centre mounting to take an 80mm Mortar. The base of this looks very like the one here at Fort St Martin.
Plan from a Martian Report file N0.12 23 Aug 44.
Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Mortar base showing a niche underneath to hold ready ammunition.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
The outer defence of the fort.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
One of the outer buildings.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Outer defence. Another unterstand in the corner.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
The entrance.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Machine gun embrasure.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
The view.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
The way out.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Machine gun embrasure in the wall.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Outer defences.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
View to the west.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Eisenpfahel [iron stake] set into the ground upside down. This was so a directional lamp could be stood on the top and direct men out on patrol where to go.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Shelter.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Shelter with railway lines set into the concrete to strengthen it.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Shelter.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Shelter inside.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Niche by the defensive outer wall.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Niche. This may have been to keep ready ammunition in. It probably had wooden doors but could have had cast concrete doors.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Trench.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Another Unterstand.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
The way in.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Machine gun embrasure.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Covering the landward side.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Inside a nice yellow paint.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
And the way out.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Concrete entrenchment.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Concrete entrenchment.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Concrete firing point.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Concrete firing point.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Concrete firing point.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
Concrete firing point.
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Wn307 Fort des Rochers du Var ou Fort St Martin.
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