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This defence is of one of the prettiest harbours in France. The defence of this harbour was inside the entrance with one 5cm KwK Pak gun on the north bank of the harbour, a Pz.T. R35 3.7cm KwK144 (f) tank turret on the other side and 4.7cm Skoda Pak in the middle.
The British and Canadians forces came down the main road from the south the D579A.
R621 group shelter.
5cm KwK Pak L/60.
L411 60cm search light bunker.
Plan of the remaining defences.
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Plan of the defences.
1 - R621 Unterstand group shelter.
1 - Vf/Skoda bunker.
3 x Ringstands for 5cm KwK L/60.
3 x Vf58c Tobruk.
1 x L411 bunker for 60cm searchlight.
1 x L7 position for a 60cm searchlight.
1 x Ls. bunker (air-raid shelter).
1 x Bf66 bunker.
3 x 5cm KwK L/60.
1 x 4.7cm Pak K.36.
1 x Pz.T. R35 3.7cm KwK144 (f) tank turret.
3 x 5cm KwK L/60.
1 x 2cm Flak.
Vf58c Tobruk.
Ls. bunker.
Nr.1694 ringstand for a 5cm KwK L/60 gun.
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5cm KwK L/60
This is an open emplacement for a 5cm KwK L/60 gun with a small ammunition and crew bunker.
Plan.
Plan of the Vf bunker.
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5cm KwK L/60
The open emplacement for a 5cm KwK is on the left and the Vf bunker on the right.
5cm KwK L/60.
5cm KwK L/60 in an Nr.1694 ringstand.
5cm KwK L/60.
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5cm KwK L/60
To me it looks very much like a cable bunker type.
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5cm KwK L/60
The base of the 5cm gun is still in the bunker.
5cm KwK ringstand & Vf bunker with a trench entrance. IGNF1946.
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5cm KwK L/60
You can just see the cradle of the 5cm gun sticking out of the top.
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5cm KwK L/60
The 5m guns cradle.
5cm KwK gun.
5cm KwK gun.
5cm KwK gun.
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5cm KwK L/60
Vf bunker.
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Vf bunker
The entrance into the Vf bunker
Plan.
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Vf bunker
The first room of the Vf bunker, note the small escape hatch in the far wall.
Plan.
Escape plan.
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Vf bunker
The end of the corridor.?
Plan.
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Vf bunker
This raised concrete looks like the same as a cable bunker. This may be a ventilation shaft??
Cable bunker.
On a cable bunker there is a raised section which was used for ventilation (Luchtkoker).
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Vf bunker
Vf Bunker roof. This may be a ventilation shaft??
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Vf bunker
Camouflage hooks.
Camouflage netting.
Camouflaging a bunker with netting.
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5cm KwK ringstand
Inside the harbour is another 5cm KwK Pak gun in an open emplacement.
Site of the second ringstand.
Open ringstand emplacement.
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5cm KwK ringstand
Another picture a bit closer.
Honfleur Les Bassins Bateaux, (www.delcampe.net).
Dockers.
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KwK ringstand possibly a 2cm Flak gun
The position of the ringstand.
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Anti-tank obstacles
Tank obstacles re used around the inner docks.
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Ls shelter
Ls shelter - Luftschutzbunker.
The railway on one side and the docks the other. Also note that there were two Tobruk's covering each entrance‘s.
Luftschutz with a Tobruk each side.
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Ls shelter
Large air-raid shelter.
Luftschutz arm band.
Luftschutz plan.
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Ls shelter
As this was a working docks the RAF would have been very interested in it and would have bombed it quite a few times. The shelter was for the dock workers and towns people in the vicinity.
First Aid kit.
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Ls shelter
Eastern protected entrance.
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Ls shelter
Western protected entrance.
Heavy bombing.
Lancaster's.
Lancaster radio operator.
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SK Skodabunker.
The inner harbour .
Plan of an SK Skodabunker.
The plan today, the basin is a car park and the quay has had all the bunkers removed.
The port of Dieppe, quay des Pilotes casemate SK pour antichar de fortress 4,7 cm Festungspak 36(t) it may have looked like this one?
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SK Skodabunker + R621 Unterstand + small bunkr
The far bunker is an SK Skodabunker.
R621 Unterstand group shelter.
How it may have looked from the front.
4.7cm Pak K.36(t).
R621 Unterstand group shelter.
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SK Skodabunker R621 Unterstand
A zoomed in aerial view of the bunkers.
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Tank turret
Pz.T. R35 3.7cm KwK144 (f) tank turret.
Now on the western side of the port.
R35 French tank the type the turrets came from.
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Tank turret
Pz.T. R35 3.7cm KwK144 (f) tank turret.
Plan.
Plan.
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Tank turret
Pz.T. R35 3.7cm KwK144 (f) tank turret.
elevation plan of he bunker showing the entrance.
SHM plan 14 - Abri avec tourelle de char de 57mm.
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Sea mine
There were many mines stored at StP Hasso, Dannes, Pas-De-Calais. K.V.A. D1 Hardelot to Merlimont.
Mk6 mine.
Mine laying from the rear of a ship.
Mines on a ship ready to drop.
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Continuing on around the coast
Moving along the coast west away from the town, the sea came right up to the road. There is a camping site which would have had a beach front and now is nowhere near the sea. There were two Tobruks, positions I am not exactly sure of and a 60/70cm search light position in an L411 emplacement. If you can get to the campsite it can be seen on the left as you enter.
L411a type shelter to store the searchlight when not in use with rooms for crew, generator, etc.
The L411 bunker from the air..
A searchlight in position..
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Camping
Just inside the camping site is an L411 bunker for a searchlight..
This is how the searchlight bunker looked. It had an open emplacement and a concrete lid over the top. The bunker was set behind the light.
The camping site.
A closer picture.
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