Bunker Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/bunker/ Mechanically-minded travel Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:19:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 London Tunnels to house the Museum of Military Intelligence https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-tunnels-to-house-the-museum-of-military-intelligence/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-tunnels-to-house-the-museum-of-military-intelligence/#respond Thu, 22 May 2025 14:58:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11706 The London Tunnels project has announced a partnership with the Museum of Military Intelligence (MMI) which will put part of the museum’s collection on permanent display in the tunnels, showcasing the history of military intelligence and the military use of the tunnels. London Tunnels are developing the former World War II tunnel complex 30 metres […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-tunnels-to-house-the-museum-of-military-intelligence/feed/ 0 Review: Museum of the Atlantic Wall, Pas de Calais https://mechtraveller.com/2020/06/review-museum-of-the-atlantic-wall-pas-de-calais/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/06/review-museum-of-the-atlantic-wall-pas-de-calais/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:16:57 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6073 The Museum of the Atlantic Wall, aka ‘Batterie Todt’, is all about the big guns! Not only was the giant concrete casement built specifically to accommodate a massive gun, it now has one of the two remaining German K5 railway guns parked alongside as a major exhibit. It’s important too, to recognise that it should […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/06/review-museum-of-the-atlantic-wall-pas-de-calais/feed/ 0 The Hillman Bunkers, Colleville-Montgomery, Normandy https://mechtraveller.com/2019/10/the-hillman-bunkers-colleville-montgomery-normandy/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/10/the-hillman-bunkers-colleville-montgomery-normandy/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:08:15 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=5391 The Hillman bunkers, on a hill 3.7 kms inland from Sword beach, were German command bunkers. Now they are a memorial and battlefield site. The site was the regimental headquarters for Colonel Ludwig Krug, commander of the 736th Grenadier Regiment. From here he controlled all the infantry and artillery in the sector. So, unlike many […]

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