Interesting Article - Lost WW2 Bunkers Found

AG124 · 01-24-06, 10:43 AM

Just found this article and thought it might be of interest to someone. A WW2 German bunker at Normandy was found by someone who bought an old map from a US soldier. The bunkers have been untouched for 60 years, and will now probably become a tourist attraction.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/sto...html?gusrc=rss

01-24-06, 02:21 PM

Has anyone found any pictures of this new bunker complex yet.

Pigfish · 01-24-06, 04:30 PM

Yes pictures would be great. Imagine finding an enigma machine in good shape.

Strange that it took this long to be found though.

Makes me think of another link posted at this forum a long time ago. Was about the largest buried treasure ever found. In the San Fernandez Islands, apparently, using some kind of ultrasonics to see underground.

Never heard another word about it since... :hmm:

I hope this bunker one is true and National Geographic does a article on it.

XabbaRus · 01-24-06, 06:56 PM

The guy has bought it.

I bet there are hundres of them about.

Apparently Britain is coverd in them. Not just wartimes.

I remember a documentary about bunkers in the UK and apparently there is one every square mile or so...hmm I wonder if that was if you distributed them equally thoug.

Etienne · 01-24-06, 09:18 PM

It's not long ago that they were still clearing ordnance in those parts...

Heck, Admiralty maps of the baltic and north sea still have "Old minefield warnings"... The war wasn't that long ago.

Ducimus · 01-25-06, 10:51 PM

Thats an incredible story, and an experience of a lifetime i woudl think.

In my minds eye i picture this fellow walking into a literal timecapsule, things droped and left just as if it were yesterday, covered in dust and cobwebs.

Imagine the things to find in there!

Pictures would be awesome.

Iceman · 01-25-06, 11:39 PM

Mines...would be a scary reality I would be concerned about.

Oberon · 01-26-06, 01:22 AM

We've had two controlled detonations here over the past year or so, one was an old German air dropped mine which was dredged up by a trawler. That made the whole house shake (and I'm on the other side of town from the sea), and the second I suspect was an old mine which used to be in the river. Apparently, during the war, one of the mines moored in the river got loose and drifted downriver until it hit a brickdock (which used to be used by Reades brickworks) which it then blew in two.
Hell, it wasn't that long ago I found an old US army battery box down there!

Where I used to live at Snape (just down river from here in Aldeburgh) we had two 'wells' in the back garden. We suspect that only one was a proper well and the other was quite possibly a 'resistance' bunker, designed and made in preperation for a German invasion. There's a lot of pill boxes around here, one not so far from our old house in Snape so it'd make sense I guess.
Never did check it out though

Abraham · 01-26-06, 02:31 AM

I just saw the item about the bunkers on the Dutch TV news. Apparently the 9already mostly underground) bunkers were covered after the war to make the ground usable for agriculture.
The Dutch news finished: "The bunker complex might well have been part of the German Atlantic War."
That remark is what I call: Taking a calculated risk with an educated guess...

retired1212 · 01-26-06, 04:28 AM

Lucky bastard

Docjonel · 01-26-06, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Pictures would be awesome.

Here are links to some images of the bunkers:

http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofinfosge...189&idCLA=3636
http://images.thesun.co.uk/picture/0,,2006031214,00.jpg

jumpy · 01-26-06, 06:01 AM

on the subject of lost bunkers and such: http://www.theserpentswall.com/

interesting read.

STEED · 01-31-06, 06:52 PM

Interesting

Polak · 02-01-06, 01:17 PM

Are there no pictures from the inside of the bunker?

01-24-06, 10:43 AM	#1
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Interesting Article - Lost WW2 Bunkers Found Just found this article and thought it might be of interest to someone. A WW2 German bunker at Normandy was found by someone who bought an old map from a US soldier. The bunkers have been untouched for 60 years, and will now probably become a tourist attraction. http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/sto...html?gusrc=rss

01-24-06, 04:30 PM	#3
Pigfish Engineer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 207 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes pictures would be great. Imagine finding an enigma machine in good shape. Strange that it took this long to be found though. Makes me think of another link posted at this forum a long time ago. Was about the largest buried treasure ever found. In the San Fernandez Islands, apparently, using some kind of ultrasonics to see underground. Never heard another word about it since... :hmm: I hope this bunker one is true and National Geographic does a article on it. __________________

01-24-06, 06:56 PM	#4
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The guy has bought it. I bet there are hundres of them about. Apparently Britain is coverd in them. Not just wartimes. I remember a documentary about bunkers in the UK and apparently there is one every square mile or so...hmm I wonder if that was if you distributed them equally thoug. __________________

01-26-06, 02:31 AM	#9
Abraham Eternal Patrol Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Interesting Article - Lost WW2 Bunkers Found I just saw the item about the bunkers on the Dutch TV news. Apparently the 9already mostly underground) bunkers were covered after the war to make the ground usable for agriculture. The Dutch news finished: "The bunker complex might well have been part of the German Atlantic War." That remark is what I call: Taking a calculated risk with an educated guess... __________________ RIP Abraham

01-26-06, 04:28 AM	#10
retired1212 Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: North Pole, World Posts: 240 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Lucky bastard __________________ Sub has been gifted to enemy in exchange of asylum and money

01-24-06, 02:21 PM	#2
U-552Erich-Topp Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Has anyone found any pictures of this new bunker complex yet.

01-24-06, 09:18 PM	#5
Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It's not long ago that they were still clearing ordnance in those parts... Heck, Admiralty maps of the baltic and north sea still have "Old minefield warnings"... The war wasn't that long ago.

01-25-06, 10:51 PM	#6
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Thats an incredible story, and an experience of a lifetime i woudl think. In my minds eye i picture this fellow walking into a literal timecapsule, things droped and left just as if it were yesterday, covered in dust and cobwebs. Imagine the things to find in there! Pictures would be awesome.

01-25-06, 11:39 PM	#7
Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mines...would be a scary reality I would be concerned about.

01-26-06, 01:22 AM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	We've had two controlled detonations here over the past year or so, one was an old German air dropped mine which was dredged up by a trawler. That made the whole house shake (and I'm on the other side of town from the sea), and the second I suspect was an old mine which used to be in the river. Apparently, during the war, one of the mines moored in the river got loose and drifted downriver until it hit a brickdock (which used to be used by Reades brickworks) which it then blew in two. Hell, it wasn't that long ago I found an old US army battery box down there! Where I used to live at Snape (just down river from here in Aldeburgh) we had two 'wells' in the back garden. We suspect that only one was a proper well and the other was quite possibly a 'resistance' bunker, designed and made in preperation for a German invasion. There's a lot of pill boxes around here, one not so far from our old house in Snape so it'd make sense I guess. Never did check it out though

01-26-06, 06:01 AM	#12
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	on the subject of lost bunkers and such: http://www.theserpentswall.com/ interesting read. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

01-31-06, 06:52 PM	#13
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Interesting

02-01-06, 01:17 PM	#14
Polak Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland/Sweden Posts: 808 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Are there no pictures from the inside of the bunker? __________________