We have thousands of them remaining today. And usually buried in sand or in the ocean. That would be too expensive to remove because it's a blockhaus (quite sturdy) and the sand + salt ruin the tools and engines used to destroy them.
And more importantly: it's part of our history. We still keep our old castles so why not keep that. It's a good reminder too.
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DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 44d
You’ve gotta love how much classier European graffiti is.
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 44d
lober
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 6 pts · 44d
It's so weird that those things haven't been properly dismantled yet. In the 80s/90s they were filled with empty beer bottles and trash.
Enoril@jlai.lu · 13 pts · 44d
We have thousands of them remaining today. And usually buried in sand or in the ocean. That would be too expensive to remove because it's a blockhaus (quite sturdy) and the sand + salt ruin the tools and engines used to destroy them.
And more importantly: it's part of our history. We still keep our old castles so why not keep that. It's a good reminder too.
Here a map of more than 2000 remaining blockhaus : https://www.cestenfrance.fr/cartographie-du-mur-de-latlantique/
DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 44d
I thought I remember hearing that they leave some of them around just as a reminder… But I could be making that up.
rotkehlchen@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 44d
They are left as a reminder of dark times. But they are also quite hard to dismantle.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 42d
What is weird about that? If there is no reason to remove it, why bother?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 44d
The desperate battle against the giant sea creatures was one of the most obscure episodes of the war.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 3 pts · 44d
If you look closely, you can see a fossil in the stone there.
alexquiniou@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 44d
Crevette
Siethron@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 42d
You're going to tell me a shrimp painted this bunker?
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 44d
Have you seen this "Jolie" around the city?
Basically my question is: is that the writer or a shoutout?
rotkehlchen@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 43d
There is another one signed "jolie" on the other side. I think it's the writer.
If it interests you: I also saw some tags by akse ameise in flanderen and they are from Cologne in Germany