Newhaven Fort
A BL 6-inch coastal gun in position at Newhaven Fort. Photo: Les Chatfield, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Newhaven, East […]
The Taunton Stop Line
A pillbox on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, part of the Taunton Stop Line. Photo: Derek Harper, Wikimedia Commons, CC
The Secret Wartime Tunnels of Dover Castle
The wartime tunnels beneath Dover Castle, command post for Operation Dynamo. Photo: Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Dover
The Maunsell Forts
Shivering Sands Fort, one of the Thames Estuary’s anti-aircraft platforms. Photo: Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Thames Estuary,
The Île de Cézembre
The remains of one of Cézembre’s six 194 mm guns. Photo: Skimel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Off Saint-Malo, Brittany,
The Ouvrage du Hackenberg
An armoured gun turret at the Ouvrage du Hackenberg, the largest fortress of the Maginot Line. Photo: Celeda, Wikimedia Commons,
The Blockhaus d’Éperlecques
The east face of the Blockhaus d’Éperlecques, abandoned unfinished in 1944. Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Éperlecques,
La Coupole
The concrete dome of La Coupole, built to shelter an industrial-scale V-2 launch site. Photo: Steve Parker, Wikimedia Commons, CC
The Crisbecq Battery
One of Crisbecq’s 210 mm guns, the first to open fire on D-Day. Photo: U.S. Army/National Archives, public domain. Saint-Marcouf,
The Merville Gun Battery
Casemate No. 1 of the Merville Battery, stormed in the early hours of D-Day. Photo: Dave osm, Wikimedia Commons, CC