What do the remains of the German barrier wall of bunkers along the Atlantic look like, left over from World War II (5 photos)

The Atlantic Wall is more than 5 thousand kilometers of various fortifications built by the Germans along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War. Traces of this gigantic defensive line can still be seen today - for example, abandoned bunkers on the North Sea coast in Denmark.





Remains of German fortifications at Tiboren Fortress, Denmark

Atlantikwall itself stretches along the European Atlantic coast from Norway and Denmark to the border with Spain. The purpose of the building is clear - to prevent the landing of Allied troops and to prevent the invasion of the Allies, that is, troops, primarily from the United States and Great Britain.

Construction took place from 1942 to 1944, specifically Danish - from 1943 (although it was occupied in 1940).



Marine radar foundation

In total, the Danish part of the “wall” consisted of approximately 7 thousand bunkers - about 6 thousand of them are now still accessible, albeit abandoned.

Part of the “wall” includes the preserved foundations of marine radars and ordinary bunkers. So one of the most striking monuments of this attempt to “cover” the whole of Europe from the ocean side is the hexagonal foundation of a marine radar (radar device FuMO 214 “Wurzburg Riese”), which has stood since 1944 on the Bovbjerg hill.





"Turtle Bunker"

However, it was not the largest radar - later its functions began to be performed by an installation in the Thyborøn fortress, where many buildings have now been preserved, which have even been given their names. For example, a bunker covered with tiles for camouflage (so that it is not visible from the air) is called the “Turtle Bunker.” There is also "Beach Bunker" etc.

The bunkers on the shore did not stand on their own, of course - trenches were laid between them, along which the personnel moved.



"Bunker on the Beach"

Of them, however, only completely fragmented parts remained in some places on the coast. The entire Tiboren fortress consisted of 66 large and 40 small bunkers embedded in the bank along the coast.

By the way, they were built by the Danes themselves - under the supervision of the Germans, of course. Now most of them have already sunk into the sand, and are a point of attraction for lovers of “abandoned buildings” and graffiti, and not every local resident will tell you who built these concrete boxes on the ocean shore and why.



German bunker on the Atlantic Ocean