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Just on the les Arros side of Soulac-sur-Mer there are three bunkers that we found. Several more have been removed in the 1960's.

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R661 Bunker for casualty assembly. Still here.

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R621 Group shelter + water tank. 2 still here.

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R637 Measuring post for army coastal batterie. Removed.

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2 x R621 Group shelter.
1 x R637 Measuring post for army coastal batterie.
1 x R661 Bunker for casualty assembly.
6 x Vf58c.
1 x Vf67 Pz.T. R35
1 x Vf67 Pz.T. FT17.
1 x 3.7cm KwK 144 for Pz.T. R35.
1 x Mitrailleuse Mle SMg331(f).
1 x 2.5cm Pak 112 (f).

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621 Group shelter.

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R637 Measuring post for army coastal batterie.

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R661 Bunker for casualty assembly.

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R637 Measuring post for army coastal batterie showing through the sand. And a Vf67 Pz.T. R35
or FT17 Tobruk.

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Vf67 Pz.T turret Tobruk. Also removed.

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FT17 riveted turret.

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(APX R) R35 3.7cm KwK144(f) co axle M.G.311 (f).

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This is what was left in 1962 the R637 measuring post, 2 x R621 group shelters, an R661 bunker for casualty assembly or casualty 'clearing station' and one Vf67 Tobruk.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.

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R621 group shelter with added water tank.

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A genuine Wasser bunker in an R621 on one of the islands north of here and a drawing of one by MKB Bunkertour.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.
Its the same basic design as an R622 but the entrances corners are re shaped to allow stretchers to gain access easier.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.

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It looks like the left side is for stretchers and the right side for walking wounded.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.
Tobruk defence on this end.

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Usually they had a red cross on the wall or even the roof.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.
The entrances into the bunker.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.
Hinge for a gate a 491P2 Gittertür (Screen Door). A gate not a door, it can be closed off and an enemy would have to break in the gate, inside is a close combat defence embrasure with either a machine gun, rifle or pistol an shoot through the Gittertür.

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491P2 Gittertür (Screen Door)

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Plan of a close combat defence embrasure.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.
Bunker door type 434P01. Close combat embrasure to the left.

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434P01 door.

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434P01 upper door.

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Left and right opening.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.
Escape tunnel.

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The escape out of the bunker.

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The outside shape of the escape, here its half round.

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R661 bunker for casualty assembly or 'casualty clearing station'.

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R621 group shelter.

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R621 group shelter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice plan from MKB Bunkertour showing the internal layout.

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R621 group shelter.
Aerial fitting.

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Plan of an aerial fitting.

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Aerial.

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R621 group shelter.
Tobruk defence.

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R621 group shelter.
A second aerial fitting which was not finished with its concrete cap.

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R621 group shelter 2.

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R621 group shelter 2.
Stairs to a viewing platform.

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R621 group shelter 2.
The concrete cupboard is modern.

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R621 group shelter 2.
Two aerial fittings in slightly different positions.

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R621 group shelter 2.
Tobruk attached to the bunker.

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R621 group shelter 2.

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R621 group shelter 2.
We could not get a good photo of the rear, I have no idea where this came from, but it must have been a few years ago as there are no trees and bushes growing up yet. You can see the added room on the right for a water reservoir/tank.

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The HAWE - Flugelpümpen 'vane pumps. double-acting'

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Portable hand/electric filter and pump

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Wasser tank MKB Bunkertour

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Auguste Bartholdivery was commissioned to build the Statue of Liberty in New York but to help pay for it several smaller statues were made to raise the money and Bordeaux bought this one. The Germans tried to ship it back to Germany but it was lost on the railway and post war, found and placed at Soulac-sur-Mer.

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Auguste Bartholdivery

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Memorial Fortress Du Nord Medoc.

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Memorial Fortress Du Nord Medoc.

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Exhibit.

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Memorial Fortress Du Nord Medoc.

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