BUNKERS IN DENMARK I N T E R A C T I V E C A L E N D A R Photographed and edited by www.wartourist.eu Updated 2007.12.01
Regelbau 272 Gun Enplacement Skagen North Stützpunktgruppe Skagen Sperrbatterie 1./M.A.A. 509 Gun emplacement bunker for medium coastal battery (4 x 122 mm) JANUARY Front view of derelict bunker on public beach 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 Hermann von Hanneken Commander, Denmark (1890-1981) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 6 5 28 29 30 Franklin Delano Roosevelt US wartime president (1882-1945) 31, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau Fl244 Fire control bunker Frederikshavn North Verteidigungebereich Frederikshavn Schwerere Flakbatterie 2./M.Fl.A. 716 Fire control for heavy antiaircraft battery (4 x 105 mm) FEBRUARY 6 meter REM range finder on top of bunker 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 Von Paulus surrenders the 6. Army at Stalingrad, 1943 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau 636a Fire control bunker Hirtshals South Stützpunktgruppe Hirtshals Artilleriestützpunkt Süd 10./H.K.A.R. 180 Fire control for medium coastal battery (4 x 105 mm) Entrance to bunker and upper deck MARCH 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 27 28 29 30 31, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau M270 Gun emplacement Frederikshavn South Verteidigungsbereich Frederikshavn Sperrbatterie, Stützpunktsgruppe Süd 1./M.A.A. 521 APRIL Emplacement for medium/ heavy coastal battery (4 x 150 mm) Guns commandiered from Danish battleship Niels Juel Front of bunker with postwar staircase for entrance. Site is now a museum. 14 15 16 17 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Operation Weserübung German occupation of Denmark and Norway, 1940 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Adolf Hitler, German Führer (1889-1945) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau L485 Radar bunker Mammoth Blaavandshuk Stützpunktgruppe Blaavand Luftwaffe Stützpunkt Buffel (Buffalo) Bunker for long-range radar type Mammoth Side view of bunker with characteristic towers for mounting of radar panel. MAY 18 19 5 Liberation of Denmark, 1945 (Bornholm May 9th) 20 21 22 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 Operation Yellow, 1940 Hitler attacks Holland, Belgium and France opening the western front 12 13 14 15 16 17 Operation Chastise, 1943 aka the Dambusters Raid using the bouncing bomb 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Dunkerque, 1940 evacuation of BEF 28 29 30 31 11 18, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau 501 Crew bunker Thyboron Stützpunktgruppe Thyboron Sperrbatterie H.K.B. 4./180 JUNE Bunker for one group (nine troops and one corporal) Bunker is camouflaged as a small warehouse or factory to deceive aerial reconnaissance. Several bunkers in this location are camouflaged as civilian buildings. 22 1 23 2 3 4 Danish Constitution Day 5 6 7 8 24 Invasion in Normandy, 1944 9 10 HRH Prins Henrik 11 12 13 14 15 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Operation Barbarosse, 1941 Hitler opens the eastern front 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau S100 Gun Enplacement Hanstholm, Hansted 2 Verteidigungsbereich Hanstholm Sperrbatterie 2./M.A.A. 118 JULY 2-storey fire-control bunker for heavy coastal battery (4 x 380 mm) Inside armoured coupola for secondary range finder (removed) 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Operation Husky, 1943 allied landing in Sicilien 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau M270 Gun Enplacement Hanstholm, Hansted 1 Verteidigungsbereich Hanstholm Sperrbatterie 1./M.A.A. 118 AUGUST Emplacement bunker for heavy coastal battery (4 x 170 mm) Inside view from gun mount. Note original inscription on wall. 31 32 33 34 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 The Dieppe Raid, 1942 overture to invasion 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau 118 Dressing Station Rom, Western Jutland Stützpunktsgruppe Flugplatz Rom 2-storey hospital bunker serving an air-strip. Outside view with small photos showing inside details. The bunker is fittet as an unmanned museum. SEPTEMBER 36 37 38 39 40 1 Operation White, 1939 Hitler attacks Poland 2 3 France and England declares war to Nazi Germany, 1939 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Bauform 69 Fanø North Stützpunktsgruppe Fanö Stützpunkt M-Flakbatterie, 10,5 cm OCTOBER Thin-walled bunker for 8 cm mortar. Inside view of mortar emplacement featuring well-preserved original markings for ranging. 40 41 42 43 44 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme allied commander and US president (1890-1969) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Sonderbau S75/80 Hansted 2, Hanstholm Verteidigungsbereich Hanstholm Stützpunkt 2./M.A.A. 118 Enplacement for heavy coastal artillery. (4 x 380 mm) Guns were designated for battleships of Bismarck and Tirpitz class. Inside view of railway for ammunition transport. Area has three derelict 3000 square meter bunkers and one fully restored, serving as a museum. NOVEMBER 44 45 46 47 48 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 17 Bernard Montgomery British Field Marschal (1887-1976) George S. Patton US *** General (1885-1945) Operation Torch, 1942 allied landing in North Afrika 12 13 14 15 Erwin Rommel German Field Marschal (1891-1944) 1 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 9 16 Winston Churchill British Prime Minister (1874-1965), www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com
Regelbau M184 Emplacement for naval turret Fanø Stützpunktgruppe Fanö DECEMBER Artillery position held two M184 bunkers, each fitted with an armored double turret (2 x 150 mm) from the cannibalized battle cruiser Gneisenau Inside view of the turret cavity. Upper part of the bunker is demolished. The turrets are presently situated at Stevnsfortet in southern Seeland. 49 50 51 52 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 USA declares war to Japan, 1941 10 Battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse are sunk, 1941 11 Nazi Germany declares war to USA, 1941 15 16 17 18 Josef Stalin (1878-1953) Japan attacks USA s naval base at Pearl Harbor, 1941 12 13 14 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 29 30 31, www.krigsturist.dk www.wartourist.eu www.regelbau.com