German WW2 Atlantic Wall

A concrete bunker position with gun at batterie Longues-sur-Mer ( Atlantic wall), Calvados, Normandy. A British soldier poses next to the German 380mm gun Todt Battery, recently captured by the Canadians at Cap Gris Nez, 1 October 1944.

French enthusiasts are restoring Hitler's Atlantic defences. But should they be embraced as part of the country's heritage?

Swedish, rapid fire 75mm.

G:BATTERIE WESTKAPELLE,6./MAA.202, WESTKAPELLE,WALCHEREN,THE NETHERLANDS This battery,better known by its British map designation as W15,was one of the two batteries of Kapitan Robert Opalka’s MAA.202 which fiercely resisted the British landings on Walcheren on November 1,1944. This battery consisted of four Bauform 671 SK gun casemates armed with four British 3.7-inch anti-aircraft guns captured at Dunkirk. The battery was supported by an M262 fire control post at the southern end.

One of three 40.6cm guns at Batterie "Lindemann", a German Cross-Channel gun. Named after the commander of the battleship Bismarck Kapitän zur.

B:REGELBAU NR. 703 SCHARTENSTAND FÜR 88MM PAK 43/3 AUF SKL IIA,FESTUNGS PAK VERBAND XI,PANTHERSTELLUNG,NETHERLANDS,1945 Ideally, the West-Stellung pedestal antitank guns were supposed to be emplaced in fully protected gun casemates, but in reality the lack of time and resources meant that few of these were constructed in 1944–45.

Bunker fortification