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17-448 Kunersdorf NVA Communications Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"17-448<\/a>
The 17\/448 bunker, at Kunersdorf, \u00a0is a 2 level bunker disguised as 'Weather observation station'. It was in reality the top secret main transmission bunker of the former East German Ministry of Defence. To maintain the cover story of the weather station, daily weather reports were transmitted back to the NVA headquarters. 17\/448 was the...<\/div>

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Bad Berka Stasi Bunker, Erfurt District, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Bad<\/a>
Alternate command post (AFST) Bad Berka, Code name: \"Burgh de Rott\" Within each district of East Germany, the Notorious Stasi Secret Police (The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium f\u00fcr Staatssicherheit, MfS) were provided with an operational command and communications bunker. In many districts an alternate command bunker was also constructed. East Germany was divided...<\/div>

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Erfurt Civil Defense Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Erfurt<\/a>
This small bunker was built as a public air raid shelter for the district of Erfurt. During peacetime it was used as a car garage with a double door providing access. In the event of war the double door would be bricked up with special radiation proof bricks (stored inside) and access would then be...<\/div>

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Erfurt Sud Border Guards Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Erfurt<\/a>
The Grenztruppen der DDR (originally known as the Grenzpolizei), or Border Guards of the former East Germany were a military force tasked with the defence of the inner German border, the Berlin Wall and the borders of the DDR. To effect this there were 5 command areas - National Command, Northern Command, Southern Command, Middle...<\/div>

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Groupe Fortifie Francoise-de-Guise, Feste Leipzig, France<\/a><\/h3>
Groupe Fortifie Francoise-de-Guise, Feste Leipzig, France After the Franco-Prussion war of 1870, the Alsace-Lorraine region was annexed into the newly formed German Empire, with the city of Metz forming an important German Garrison Town within the newly created German Empire. Metz played an important strategic military role within the German Empire due to its proximity...<\/div>

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Groupe Fortifie L’Yser, Feste Prinz Regent Luitpold, France<\/a><\/h3>
Group Fortification Yser, Feste Prinz Regent Luitpold, France After the Franco-Prussion war of 1870, the Alsace-Lorraine region was annexed into the newly formed German Empire, with the city of Metz forming an important German Garrison Town within the newly created German Empire. Metz played an important strategic military role within the German Empire due to...<\/div>

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Groupe Fortifie Verdun, Feste Graf Haeseler, France<\/a><\/h3>
Groupe Fortifie Verdun, Feste Graf Haeseler, France After the Franco-Prussion war of 1870, the Alsace-Lorraine region was annexed into the newly formed German Empire, with the city of Metz forming an important German Garrison Town within the newly created German Empire. Metz played an important strategic military role within the German Empire due to its...<\/div>

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Halberstadt Komplexlager 12 Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Halberstadt<\/a>
WW2 History Komplexlager 12. Codename \u0091Malachit\u0092 KL-12 NVA-Nr.16\/630 (Forward Supply Base 12) Thekenberge Hills, Halberstadt, Germany In 1943 the US and British forces were conducting a successful bombing campaign directed against the factories of Nazi Germany. In order for vital war production to continue, Hitler ordered that the factories were to be moved underground to...<\/div>

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Hennocque V2 Storage Quarry, France<\/a><\/h3>\"Hennocque<\/a>
The history of the Hennocque quarry pre-dates World War Two and takes its name from the family who operated the quarry for three generations under their family business, Aubin-Hennocque. The current network also includes the Louisette Quarry next door, which was operated by the company Aries. Allegedly, the Germans visited the site in 1938 and...<\/div>

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Le Bunker Eperlecques, France<\/a><\/h3>\"Le<\/a>
Towards the end of the War , during 1943, the Germans commenced the building of a number of huge bunkers from which to they were to construct , prepare and launch their newly developed V2 Missile. One of these bunkers was situated on a wooded hillside over looking the village of Eperlecques in Northern France...<\/div>

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Lossa Communications and Message Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Lossa<\/a>
This is a smaller bunker used in the support of the command and control of the Lossa Soviet area. It was used for communications and message tx\/rx. The bunker is in reasonable condition with lots of wiring and signs remaining. The fabric of the bunker is in quite good condition as it was sealed up...<\/div>

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Lossa Soviet 118th Intelligence Corp Command Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Lossa<\/a>
Bunker number TO307 is a bunker that formed part of the Soviet Command area of Lossa in the former East Germany. It was an advanced communications, command and control bunker built in the 1960's and used by the 118th Intelligence Corps. It was extended in the 1970's and occupied an area of around 54800 square...<\/div>

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Massow Camp, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Massow<\/a>
Staff Command Bunker of the Elite Stasi Feliks E. Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment in Massow This is a Stasi forward control bunker for administering command of Stasi troops in the Brandenburg and Massow military area during movements and training. Specifically it was for the control and command of the Feliks E. Dzerhinsky Guards Regiment, this was...<\/div>

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Nike Missile Site SF-88, San Francisco, USA<\/a><\/h3>\"Nike<\/a>
Nike Missile System During the Second World War, in 1944, the US Army began working on an anti-aircraft missile system - codenamed 'Nike' - to replace older gun-based anti-aircraft counter-measures which were proving to not be capable of dealing with the altitude or speed of the new jet-powered aircraft that were fast becoming a potential...<\/div>

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NVA Radio Transmission Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"NVA<\/a>
This bunker was the radio transceiver facility for the\u00a0Kommando Luftstreitkr\u00e4fte\/Luftverteidigung\u00a0(Kdo LSK\/LV)\u00a0which is the Air Force staff and Command, Control and Communications arm of the National Peoples Army (NVA). It is one of four similar installations in the territory of the former East Germany and consisted of a hardened bunker approximately 550m square that housed the...<\/div>

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Saint-leu-d’Esserent V1 Carri\u00e8re, France<\/a><\/h3>\"Saint-leu-d’Esserent<\/a>
The underground quarry of St-Leu-d'Esserent is located in the department of Oise and originally opened for the extraction of limestone for building purposes. By the end of 1939, the quarry had been developed by the French as an underground factory for the manufacturing of aircraft fuselages, specifically that of the LEO 45 bomber.\u00a0 The company...<\/div>

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Soviet 8th Army Forward Command Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Soviet<\/a>
This small bunker was the forward command post of the Soviet 8th Guards Army. The 8th Army was the main spearhead of the Russian thrust into Berlin in 1945, where the commanding officer, a\u00a0Lieutenant General\u00a0Vasily Chuikov, took the surrender of the commander of the German forces defending Berlin. The 8th Army then became part of...<\/div>

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Soviet Bunkers in Charlottenfelde, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Soviet<\/a>
The main Military forces in the Former East Germany during the time of the Cold War were the East German 'National VolksArmee' (NVA) which included the Army, Navy and Air as well as the Border Guards of the DDR and numbered at around 350,000 troops. There was also the Feliks Dzerhinsky Guards Regiment consisting of...<\/div>

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Stasi Alternate Command Bunker, Biesenthal, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Stasi<\/a>
The 17-5005 bunker\u00a0 was the HQ bunker of the Stasi (the East German Secret police or Ministerium f\u00fcr Staatssicherheit (MfS)). This is a 2 level bunker that, although not the largest in EGER, was at the time of construction the most technologically advanced, with several redundancy systems, submarine atmosphere control, complex decontamination and clever camouflage...<\/div>

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US Naval Facility, Eleuthera, The Bahamas<\/a><\/h3>\"US<\/a>
The \u201cUS Navy Experimental Facility, Eleuthera\u201d, the base originated in\u00a0November 1950 when Western Electric was selected to construct\u00a0a demonstration SOSUS (Sound Surveillance System) installation on the island. This was\u00a0part of the larger Project Hartwell initiated by the Americans and MIT.\u00a0 Initially, the base consisted of a wooden Generator Building, a wooden Western Electric Laboratory building...<\/div>

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Volkspolizei HQ Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Volkspolizei<\/a>
Every major government department in the Former East Germany had some form of protected command centre for the use in a nuclear war scenario. The Volkspolizei (Peoples Police) were of no exception. The Volkspolizei was responsible for law enforcement in East Germany, but it more closely resembled a paramilitary force than a regualr police force...<\/div>

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Wandlitz Familienbunker Bunker, Germany<\/a><\/h3>\"Wandlitz<\/a>
During the DDR times in East Germany, Erich Honecker's Government had an exclusive and private closed 'town' that was not open to regular East Germans. This settlement was officially known as Waldsiedlung Bernau but is commonly referred to as Waldsiedlung Wandlitz (Forest Settlement Wandlitz)\u00a0after the nearby town of Wandlitz. It was here the political and...<\/div>

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