Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
A very small defence, probably added between Wn130 & Wn129 as an extra defence measure. Just a section of the 709th Div. would have been here.
Wire.
Mines.
Food.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
1 x Unterstand.
1 x Pakstand.
1 x Vf58c Tobruk.
3.7cm Pak.
Vf58c Tobruk.
Unterstand.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Plan of the area.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Tobruk
Vf58c Tobruk that would have had a 360° view.
Vf58c Tobruk.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Eisenpfahel
Five nice Eisenpfahel barbed wire posts being used around the decking.
Eisenpfahel plan.
Eisenpfahel.
Barbed wire.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Tobruk & Flower
Ones a killing ground now a garden.
Model.
Tobruk inside.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Unterstand
I have doctored this photo to remove the Tobruk and show off the possible Vf1a type.
Vf1a.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Unterstand
I also found this in one of the gardens and may have been another small shelter.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
The beach to the east.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Emplacement
This could have held a small anti-tank gun.
3.4cm Pak anti-tank gun.
details
Plan.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
The beach to the west.
Possibly a small section of around ten men would have held this position. It was very small.
Wn129a Pointe de la Loge
Eisenpfahel
Eisenpfahel and sign.
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