WORLD WAR II
BUNKERS EVERYWHERE!
I love visiting old World War II battlefields where remnants of the battle remain --- from small shards of clothing and shrapnel to large fortified bunkers like the one at Pointe du Hoc along the coast of Normandy where my parents are standing. I especially enjoy touring battlefields and specific sections of the battle where men from Clarksburg Ohio experienced action. It's exhilarating to stand on the same ground, the same village and hillside, and possibly in the same foxhole.
Something that dumbfounds me is the amazing network of bunkers and fortifications along the Siegfried and Maginot lines separating points west of Germany. German forts, bunkers and tank traps were constructed by slave labor and the French nearly went bankrupt building an amazing network of fortifications designed to stop the Germans in their "tracks" literally and figuratively before they could seize Paris. I guess the lessons and losses of World War I were obviously ENOUGH for the French.
Visit the site listed below if you have time. It's a detailed look at many of the bunkers and fortifications that still remain in Europe, as well as the beautiful contrasting landscape surrounding these ghosts from World War II. http://fortenspy.blogspot.com/
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