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10/2005
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Calais, Bastion XII.
AOK 15, KVA C, KV.Gr. Calais, Festung Calais, Stp. 75 Löwe.

Drive through Calais towards the harbour by following the sign's. On the boulevard, near the harbour entrance, is a big parking place. There you see the 611 bunker, painted in blue and white colours.
Behind the 611 lies a Camping. You can enter the bunker when you ask it nicely. You also find a 622 and you can climb up on the 611. On the camping terrain there is also a "building" that looks like a German canteen or so, but we are not shore about it. Behind the camping you find the old French "Bastion V" location and in front of it, you see a 643 bunker with view over the harbour and the lighthouse. It is heavily damaged after the war.
Further on along the waterside at the slopes of the camping, you find the ruins of a 105 bunker.

Types:
1x 622 Twin group bunker.
1x 611 611 Embrasured emplacement for field gun.
1x 643 Emplacement with 3-embrasured turret, constructed in "A".
1x 105 Machine gun casemate.
1x Building, canteen or else.

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5/2009
BP

Calais, coast-harbour, le Moulin Rouge.
AOK 15, KVA C, KV.Gr. Calais, Stp. 18 M.K.B. Oldenburg.

This huge location lies south east of Calais. When you follow the D119 out of Calais you enter the small village Le Moulin Rouge. Take the first small road to the left, in the direction of the coast. The road ends after 200m near an abandoned complex.

From there you can walk to the bunkers along the fence. The two gigantic casemates, Turm Ost and Turm West are clearly visible. The bunkers were equipped with a 24cm gun. The first bunker that you encounter is a Sk personnel bunker, which inside looks still ice with some armoured doors.
Both Turms Ost and West can be entered, but it will take some effort. Turm Ost has three floors, the lowest floor is for the machinery, the next floor is for the crew and the sanitary, the upper floor is for the gun and the ammunition. Turm West looks the same, except that there is no machinery level The machinery bunker for Turm West is detached and is located at the backside of the Turm.
The inside of both Turms is heavily damaged. There are still some instructions and slogans left on the wall, but they are almost fainted. Between the Turms stands a garage for a gun, type 629. The bunker is firmly closed. The fire-control post of the battery has a very unusual construction. The lower level was later on in the war, used as a hospital. The red crosses can still be seen on the wall. The fire-control post has never been completely finished. Inside the lower level a huge wall painting remains. It doesn't look original, but we are not sure about that. We found a hidden 621 personnel bunker in the bushes near Turm Ost. On top of the bunker is a brick Flak emplacement built.

Types:
3x Sk personnel bunker.
2x Sk Turm for 24cm coastal guns.
1x Sk Leitstand/Hospital bunker. (fire control post)
1x Sk Machinenbunker (machinery)
1x 629 Anti-tank gun bunker.
1x 621 Group bunker.
1x Gun emplacement for 5cm KwK.
3x Vf shelter.

France, Pas de Calais, Calais - coast and harbour. (2)

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