Bunkerpictures - Datasheet Audinghen Batt. Todt.

Audinghen, Harringzelles.
AOK 15, KVA C, KV.Gr. Gris Nez, M.K.B. Todt, Stp. 166 Saitenspiel.

M.K.B. (Marine Küsten Batterie) Todt is located near the crossing of the D191 to Cap Gris Nez and the D940 to Audinghen, 30km south of Calais.
The battery was first called Siegfried, but when the founder and leader of the Organisation Todt (OT), Dr Fritz Todt, died in 1942, the battery was renamed after him. In the four giant casemates stood 38cm canons, just like the ones the Germans used on their battleships. The construction started in August 1940 and in January 1941 the battery was officially finished.

The first huge casemate, Turm I, can be seen from a great distance and looks very impressive. Today the bunker is a museum dedicated to the battery. The museum is filled with grenades, guns, rifles, ammunition, and lots of other things. Outside there is a large railway gun and several armoured vehicles, guns, trucks and much more.

When you follow the road you came by, you find a KSS (Kabel Schalt Stelle) in a field and some barracks on private terrain. Further down the road several Flak emplacements have been built and two of them are still visible today. The calibre was 7,5cm.
Turm III and Turm IV are located in a wood on the right side of the road. Turm III has been accidentally destroyed in 1945 by two Frenchmen, but it looks even more impressive now. Turm IV is a real beauty. The inside looks very nice with lots of slogans and art on the walls. The lower levels of the bunker cannot be entered because they are filled with water. Next to the casemate is a beautiful preserved Wellblech bunker. Around the casemates are several other small bunkers and nice Tobruks with concrete roofs. 300m Towards the coast a bunker is located built to provide the battery with water. Inside there are still some remains of the pump installation.
Turm II is located at the other side of the road, the bunker is firmly closed, Turm II and Turm IV have a Flak emplacement on the roof. Around Turm II there are lots of other bunkers, all the bunkers are closed. They probably served as personnel bunkers and bunkers to store ammunition ore other things. The personnel bunkers are all navy design, like most of the bunkers at this location. At the back of Turm II you see the remains of a bakery. The brick building is almost completely demolished.

More inland, behind the battery, along the N40 we found a hospital and an emplacement for a 5cm gun, the hospital cannot be entered because it is flooded with water. You can still see the rails for the sliding doors at the entry.

Types:
4x Sk casemate bunker for 38cm SK/C 34 guns, Turm I-IV.
1x Sk hospital bunker.
4x Sk Shelter personnel type Marine.
1x KSS cable connexion bunker.
2x Flak emplacement 7.5cm M33.
2x Barrack.
2x Ammunition bunker.
1x Gun emplacement for 5cm KwK.
2x Wellblech shelter.
1x Barrack kitchen-canteen.
5x Tobruk58c.

Audinghen, Cran-aux-Oeufs.
AOK 15, KVA C, KV.Gr. Gris Nez, Fire-control post Batt. Todt, Wn. 166a Seydlitz.

The fire-control post (Leitstand) of battery Todt is located 1200m to the coast at the Cran-aux-Oeufs. Follow the D191 to Cap Gris-Nez and then take the first road to the left. Follow the road until you reach the cliffs. There you can turn left and you see the bunkers lying in a field.
The fire-control post had an observation turret and a range-finder under a steel cupola.
The steel cupola's have been removed after the war and the bunker has been partly demolished, but it can still be entered. Next to the fire-control post stands a navy design personnel bunker with a FuMo 214 Wurzburg radar on the roof. The inside is in a bad condition. At the other side of the small road lies another navy design personnel bunker. On the beach there are some small bunkers, probably used for the beach defence. They lie upside down.
This was not the only fire-control post for the battery. There were another three at Cap Blanc-Nez, Le Portel and Cran Mademoiselles.

Types:
1x Sk S100 Fire control post for heavy battery, Battery Todt.
1x Sk Shelter personnel type Marine.
1x Sk Power station building.
1x Socle for Würzburg Riese radar.
1x Tobruk58c.