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Military History 402

Today’s lesson:  German Air Defense Towers of WWII

During WWII, the Germans built a series of large, concrete anti-aircraft blockhouses in key cities in an effort to combat overflight of the cities by Allied aircraft.  Because of their stout construction, many still exist today.

There were three generations of towers.  They featured a gun tower (G-Tower) and a control tower (L-Tower).  There were three generations of G-Towers.

And here are the survivors (on any Google Maps shots, click to go to Google Maps):

 

Berlin

Flakturm I (both towers destroyed at the end of WWII)

Flakturm I G-Tower

Flakturm I G-Tower

Flakturm II (L-Tower destroyed, G-Tower mostly destroyed)

Flakturm II G-Tower

Flakturm III (both towers partially destroyed)

Flakturm III G-Tower

Flakturm III L-Tower

Hamburg

Flakturm IV (G-Tower converted into a residential building, L-Tower destroyed)

Flakturm IV G-Tower

Flakturm IV G-Tower

Flakturm V (L-Tower destroyed)

Flakturm V G-Tower

Flakturm V G-Tower

Flakturm V G-Tower

Vienna

Flakturm VI (G-Tower intact, L-Tower converted into an aquarium)

Flakturm VI G-Tower

Flakturm VI G-Tower

Flakturm VI L-Tower

Flakturm VI L-Tower

Flakturm VII (both towers intact)

Flakturm VII G-Tower

Flakturm VII G-Tower

Flakturm VII L-Tower

Flakturm VII L-Tower

Flakturm VIII (both towers intact)

Flakturm VIII L-Tower and G-Tower

Flakturm VIII G-Tower

Flakturm VIII L-Tower

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Posted by Jed at 1742 hrs
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