A fortified island that is uninhabited since the World War II German occupation

@ElentirENG ES 8·06·2023 · 23:40 0

During World War II, Germany occupied the entire western continental coast of Europe from France to Norway.

A tour of the old defenses of the Spanish city of Ceuta and its foghorn
A remote World War II military base in an uninhabited island in Alaska

To prevent possible Allied landings on this very long coastal front, the Third Reich built the so-called Atlantic Wall, a series of coastal fortifications that covered the areas occupied by Germany from the south of the Atlantic coast of France to northern Norway. Sometimes the Germans built fortified positions in rather isolated places, such as the one we are dealing with today: a small island that was only accessible at low tide.

WW2HistoryHunter published today a video about this island, which he managed to access at low tide. The author of the video points out that the island was equipped with cannons, mortars and anti-aircraft artillery, although all this material has already been removed from the place. The video does not indicate where or even where country this island is located, although it is probably Norway or Denmark:

You can see here some screenshots of the video as a preview. Here we see one of the fortified positions on the island, made of masonry on top of some rocks.

A pile of rusty barbed wire. In the tour of the video around the island, several piles of this type can be seen, possibly from the period after the war in which these defenses were removed.

A German anti-aircraft gun position. In the video he shows what the well of this piece looked like, with three cement blocks to support the gun supports, possibly a 20mm Flak 38.

A defensive position made of masonry, perhaps for a machine gun.

Next to the anti-aircraft artillery position is a small underground bunker, with no signs of vandalism.