So, I've not posted in weeks! All for good reason though - I went on a trip to France. Some of these places were of historical significance concerning the Second World War. I'm gonna be posting features of this trip to act as not only a wargaming/modelling reference, but also out of sheer interest.
To begin with, I will show you my one day trip to Sword Beach. Stopping off, on the journey back to England, we detoured and set for Sword Beach, one of the five D-Day beaches, this one invaded by the British, with help of some French Commandos. Despite having a walk around the beach, eyes on the sand, but no luck (if you get what I mean), I also went to visit the German Grand Bunker overlooking the beach. It was pretty big, but not 'grand' as such, although it did not disappoint by no means. It was a museum inside, and had some stuff outside, without further ado, here's the pics...
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| German with Russian PP-SH on back in living quarters |
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| MP40 |
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| MG34 |
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Sentry with MG42, and below the front of it: |
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| Generator Rooms |
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| Entrance to bunker with the MG42 sentry at the end |
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| Exit of bunker at back |
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| A barbed wire trap |
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| American Half Track |
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| M4 Sherman |
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| Barbed Wire Coil |
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| V1 Flying Bomb 'Doodlebug' |
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| An American tank |
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| Barbed Wire Coil |
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| Flak 88mm |
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| British 'Big Gun' |
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| Above are photos of an original restored D-Day landing craft, as used in the awesome film 'Saving Private Ryan' |
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| A weapon smithy |
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| Viele oft Steilhandgrenades! |
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| MP40, then PP-SH |
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| Two Panzerfausts |
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| MG42s |
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| An StG44 being serviced |
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| A rack of Kar 98Ks |
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| Luger, another pistol, Webley Revolver, another revolver |
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| A sexy Sten |
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| Pair of Webley Revolvers |
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| Mills Bomb Grenade |
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| A D-Day diorama that puts mine to shame! |
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| Two Land Mines |
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| A Big Gun |
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| Sten, Lee-Enfield, Lee-Enfield |
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| An MG13 or MG34 (dunno which) |
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| A rusted, and sea-worn lee-enfield |
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| A sea-worn and rusted MP40, then Sten |
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| A Tommy's helmet, and a Bren, and a Lee-Enfield |
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| Tommy helmet, worn Lee-Enfield |
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| Bren |
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| A slung Thompson |
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| What is this gun, I guessed Gewehr, but I couldn't tell as the sling covers its front - tell me if I'm right |
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| Browning .50 cal |
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| Kar 98K |
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| A bomb |
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| MP40 |
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| Castemate's range finder |
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| Views from the castemate |
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| Above are two views through the still working range-finder - the pic looks old but it's not! |
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| An old photo of the Grand Bunker and a German trench system - which butt got rid of/covered over/destroyed this! |
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| An M1 Carbine for sale at 299 euros |
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| Big Gun |
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| Sword Beach - little signs remain |
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| The memorial |
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| The Grand Bunker |
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| PP-SH |
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