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A Brief Introduction to Military Pillboxes

112 点作者 chippy超过 1 年前

17 条评论

shaftoe444超过 1 年前
Funny I wasted a few hours today on this map of Second World War defences, pillboxes and all. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edob.mattaldred.com&#x2F;map&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edob.mattaldred.com&#x2F;map&#x2F;</a>
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jlengrand超过 1 年前
Interesting to see it focused on England. As a kid, I was very used to seeing them in Northern Normandy as well as North of France. Moving to the Netherlands, I also saw them a lot in the fields, much further away from the see. It&#x27;s only when I traveled to the North of Norway that I realized how gigantic of a front WW2 was, and the sheer amount of land to be protected.<p>Just like anthills being connected to each other across countries, pillboxes are a huge, cross-country remnant of our common history.
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hermitcrab超过 1 年前
You see pillboxes all over the place in England. I guess they are just too much effort to get rid of.<p>It must have been terrifying to be in a pillbox if the enemy managed to get close enough to throw grenades in or, even worse, if they had a flamethrower.<p>BTW analysis after the war showed that the Germans had pretty zero chance of a successful invasion of the UK in WWII (Operation Sealion), even if they had managed to gain air superiority. The Royal Navy was too strong and the Germans had no amphibious landing ships. They were considering towing flat bottom barges full of troops and equipment across the channel. Probably 3+ barges per towing ship, at near walking speed. It would have been suicide.
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01100011超过 1 年前
Reminds me of the fortifications you still find all over coastal WA state which were built to defend the waterways during WWII from a feared Japanese invasion. I loved running around them as a kid.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.atlasobscura.com&#x2F;places&#x2F;camp-hayden-abandoned-wwii-bunker" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.atlasobscura.com&#x2F;places&#x2F;camp-hayden-abandoned-ww...</a>
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Xiol32超过 1 年前
The part of my town where I grew up was built on the grounds of a WWII ordnance factory. Used to walk past an old pillbox daily on the way to school.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.2eimages.co.uk&#x2F;places&#x2F;birchwood&#x2F;rof&#x2F;remnants.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.2eimages.co.uk&#x2F;places&#x2F;birchwood&#x2F;rof&#x2F;remnants.htm</a>
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Blackthorn超过 1 年前
How useful would they have really been? #2 seems to imply it&#x27;s to defend a road or transit point, no? But it&#x27;s hard to see what a single pillbox would do against a column.
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paulcole超过 1 年前
My brief introduction to military pillboxes came by playing Bolo.
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jeffrallen超过 1 年前
Lots of Swiss pillboxes are still visibile on the Toblerone line: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Toblerone_line" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Toblerone_line</a><p>There&#x27;s one with 2 dramatic sightlines down a country road outside of Bassins: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;8MvLfAEJkt5vW9ak6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;8MvLfAEJkt5vW9ak6</a>
igammarays超过 1 年前
These are on almost every road in Ukraine, manned and stationed. Can’t speak to its effectiveness, but wouldn’t want to be without any.
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sillywalk超过 1 年前
&quot;Concrete military bunkers are a ubiquitous sight in Albania, with an average of 5.7 bunkers for every square kilometer&quot;, with 750,000+<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bunkers_in_Albania" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bunkers_in_Albania</a>
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theoldlove超过 1 年前
I’m surprised how many of these pillboxes are scheduled monuments (i.e. preserved for historical value). Seems like it’s worth keeping one or two around, but I’m not seeing the historical or aesthetic value in preserving many of them in perpetuity.
chrononaut超过 1 年前
I can&#x27;t imagine what it would be like to discharge a firearm without hearing protection in one of those.
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bman_kg超过 1 年前
these pillboxes are very interesting thing, why to destroy them. Instead they should exist as they are, they serve as remainder of past history for coming generations. My grandfather was from Soviet Army, he went till Berlin. He was wounded to his leg...unfortunately very little information left about him and his military history. Maybe one can find information about him from archive. Often case old Soviet documentaries portray USSR as victor of WWII, I think that can partially true. Thus, I was wondering whether any one of you could suggest documentaries on WWII, so called Western view of the war, I would appreciate it. I can find documentaries by myself, but often war connaiseurs know best docs on this topic.
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dotancohen超过 1 年前
More interesting than the pillboxes is the coastal erosion in some places on which the pillboxes once stood. It looks like some places have experienced ten or more meters of erosion since the pillboxes were built eighty years ago - thats over 10cm per year.
mackrevinack超过 1 年前
you can find some of them on openstreetmap by searching for &quot;bunker_type=pillbox&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;overpass-turbo.eu&#x2F;s&#x2F;1Cno" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;overpass-turbo.eu&#x2F;s&#x2F;1Cno</a>
chris_st超过 1 年前
Really wish they&#x27;d photographed people next to these... I can&#x27;t guess how large they are.
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swayvil超过 1 年前
I would totally live in one of those. Do you think they have a vibe? Haunted?
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