Ørland

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Stutzpunkt Steinan

Posted by jerazol on February 8, 2013

Posted in: Atlantic wall, WW2. Tagged: Atlantic Wall, Atlantikwall, Ørland, Fosen, Kystfort, Norge, Norway, Storfosna, Stuutzpunkt, Trøndelag, WW2. Leave a comment

In the Heia/Steinan area of Storfosna, the Germans established a network of trenches, small bunkers and defensive positions. It was probably built in a supporting role to the much larger HKB Storfosna located close by. Although very overgrown, the area is largely untouched and these remains can still be clearly seen today. These two videos are from two underground bunkers connecting machine gun nests, mortar positions etc.
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Kråkvåg fort

Posted by jerazol on August 15, 2012

Posted in: Norwegian millitary history. Tagged: 120mm, abandoned, Ørland, Cannon, fort, Fortress, Kråkvåg, Kystfort, Norway. 3 Comments

A one billion Norwegian kroner fortress built on a weather beaten island on the Norwegian coast just as the cold war was coming to an end. The builders hardly had time to pack up and leave before the government decided to disband this and several other similar fortresses, abandoning them to the elements and a flock of sheep.
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Kystfort på Storfosna

Posted by jerazol on June 9, 2010

Posted in: Uncategorized. Tagged: Ørland, Bunker, Fjellanlegg, HKB Storfosna, kanonstilling, Kystfort, Norway, observasjonspost, Storfosna, Trøndelag.

HKB Storfosna ble bygget av tyskerne under andre verdenskrig. Deler av fortet har blitt benyttet av det norske militæret i nyere tid, men det er fremdeles masse spennende som står tilgjengelig, inkludert en rekke bunkere, fjellanlegg etc. etc.