This page simply reformats the Flickr public Atom feed for purposes of finding inspiration through random exploration. These images are not being copied or stored in any way by this website, nor are any links to them or any metadata about them. All images are © their owners unless otherwise specified.
This site is a busybee project and is supported by the generosity of viewers like you.
This is, possibly, St Saviour's Tunnel, the German Occupation Museum, or the museum at La Valette. The original annotation on the back of the photographic print is unclear.
Photo taken by unknown family member.
Bunker V191 – Wasserbombenwerfer forteiland IJmuiden
Bouwnummer 5852
Uniek in Nederland, een V191 Wasserbombenwerfer (bouwnummer 5852). Oorspronkelijk bevonden zich twee bunkers van dit type op het Forteiland. Na de verkleining van het eiland in de jaren ’60 van de vorige eeuw is er maar één overgebleven. Verder is er in Nederland niet nog een exemplaar te vinden. Deze bunker was bedoeld om dieptebommen in het kanaal te werpen. Met een gewicht van 185 kg kon de bom 120 m ver afgeschoten worden m.b.v. een Krupp dieptebommenwerper. Door het gebruik van verschillende ladingen kon men de reikwijdte variëren. De restanten van de opstelling zijn nog zichtbaar. In beide ruimtes lagen ook de dieptebommen opgeslagen.
Unique in the Netherlands, a V191 Wasserbombenwerfer (construction number 5852). Originally, there were two bunkers of this type on the Forteiland. After the island was reduced in size in the 1960s, only one remained. There is no other example to be found in the Netherlands. This bunker was intended to throw depth charges into the canal. With a weight of 185 kg, the bomb could be fired 120 m using a Krupp depth charge thrower. By using different charges, the range could be varied. The remains of the setup are still visible. The depth charges were also stored in both rooms.
Kamera: Nikon FM
Film: Kodak GC 400
Kjemi: C41 photo store developed
***- - - Our 5-year long Occupation by Nazi Germany was NOTHING compared to Zionist Israel´s Occupation and Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine!!! - - - ***
Occupied Gaza 2023: Population 2,375,000
Occupied Norway 1940-45: Population 2,950,000
Occupied Gaza 2023: 17,000 War-related deaths (in TWO MONTHS)
Occupied Norway 1940-1945: 12,000 War-related deaths [including civilians and 600 JEWS] (in FIVE YEARS)
Occupied Gaza 2023: 40,000 armed resistance fighters
Occupied Norway 1940-1945: 40,000 armed resistance fighters
Occupied Gaza 2023: 530,000 Israeli soldiers (max)
Occupied Norway 1940-1945: 400,000 German soldiers (max)
Kringsat af fjender
Kringsat af fjender, gå
ind i din tid!
Under en blodig storm -
vi dig til strid!
Kanske du spør' i angst,
udækket, åben:
Hvad skal jeg kæmpe med,
hvad er mit våben?
Her er dit værn mod vold,
her er dit sværd:
Troen på livet vort,
menneskets værd
For al vor fremtids skyld,
søg det og dyrk det,
dø om du må - men:
øg det og styrk det!
Stilt går granaternes
glidende bånd
Stands deres drift mod død,
stands dem med ånd!
Krig er foragt for liv
Fred er at skabe
Kast dine kræfter ind:
Det onde skal tabe!
[TRANSLATION]
Encircled by enemies
Encircled by enemies,
enter your time.
Under a bloody storm -
devote yourself to battle!
Perhaps you ask in fear,
uncovered, open:
What shall I fight with,
what is my weapon?
Here is your shield from violence,
here is your sword:
the faith in our life,
the worth of mankind!
For all our future’s sake,
seek it and tend it.
Die if you must - but:
Increase it and strengthen it!
Silently goes the grenades'
gliding band.
Stop their drift towards death,
stop them with spirit!
War is contempt for life,
Peace is creating.
Throw your forces in,
Evil shall be beaten!
- Kim Larsen: 682A (Kringsat af fjender) (1979) / Nordahl Grieg: Til Ungdommen (1936)
- Sources: Wikipedia articles '2023 Israel-Hamas war’, 'Våre falne 1939-1945’, ‘German occupation of Norway’, 'Gaza Strip', 'Norges demografi' (Numbers as per December 7 2023)
28/09/2023
German Occupation of Channel Islands - Guernsey
28/09/2023
German Underground Hospital in German-occupied Guernsey.
28/09/2023
28/09/2023
Located at the end of Rue de la Prevote, the observation tower is German Army Observation Post situated on the south coast cliffs.
A tunnel goes underneath the road leading from Arch Beach to the Saye Campsite.
In the small town of St. Anne, looking up Victoria Street. This is the central hub for activity, shops, hotels, and businesses on the Island.
A panorama of Saye Beach. Located on the Northern tip of the Island, Saye Beach is popular with both the locals and tourists alike.
The Parish Church of St. Anne has the honor of holding the world record in bellringing. The Parish church was built (1850) by John Le Mesurier, son of the last hereditary governor of Alderney. On Sunday, June 23rd, 1940, the bells rang to the Alderney people to leave the island prior to its occupation nine days later. More history of the church, its bells, and the actual record can be found at alderneybells.com
One of the German sites built during the Occupation of Alderney -- 1949-1945. The Channel Islands consisted of 25,000 troops in 1944, alond with an additional 15,000 tasked with the fortification of the Islands.
Corblets Beach lies on the Northern shore of the Island. Fort Corblets sits at the eastern end of the beach. This is one of the many forts constructed by the English to control the seas around the Channel Island and fend off the threat of the French harbour at Cherbourg.
The "old" and updated chapel of Richard Mabon, sits atop a mysterious mound. In 1924 the La Societe Jersiaise began to dig into the mound. What they found proved to be one of the first Neolithic tombs in Europe. Dating back between 2200-1800 BC, built by the Iberians. It is believed that the Vikings pillaged the site, removing all items of value. During World War II, the site was fortified by the Germans and a 26 foot observation tower added. (theislandwiki.org/index.php/La_Hougue_Bie)
Fort Hommet dates from 1680 and has subsequent modifications during the Napoleonis era then the Victorian era and finally the Nazi's who built the concrete bunkers during the German occupation of WWII
This watch tower was built during the German occupation of the Channel Island in WWII
A német megszállás áldozatainak emlékműve, a memorial for victims of the German occupation of Hungary in 1944, designed by Párkányi Raab Péter, was installed at the end of Szabadság tér on July 20, 2014. The monument sparked controversy with Jewish community organizations alleging it absolved the Hungarian state of their collaboration with Nazi Germany and complicity in the Holocaust. The memorial consists of a stone statue of the Archangel Gabriel, holding the globus cruciger (cross-bearing orb) of the Hungarian kings, the national symbol of Hungary and Hungarian sovereignty, as it is about to be grabbed by an eagle with extended claws resembling the German coat of arms, inscribed with the year 1944 on its ankle, set against a seven-meter high tympanum.
A német megszállás áldozatainak emlékműve, a memorial for victims of the German occupation of Hungary in 1944, designed by Párkányi Raab Péter, was installed at the end of Szabadság tér on July 20, 2014. The monument sparked controversy with Jewish community organizations alleging it absolved the Hungarian state of their collaboration with Nazi Germany and complicity in the Holocaust. The memorial consists of a stone statue of the Archangel Gabriel, holding the globus cruciger (cross-bearing orb) of the Hungarian kings, the national symbol of Hungary and Hungarian sovereignty, as it is about to be grabbed by an eagle with extended claws resembling the German coat of arms, inscribed with the year 1944 on its ankle, set against a seven-meter high tympanum.
