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Re: Recommended reading on the fortifications & artillery

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Post by DaSk » 16 Feb 2013, 16:01

Hello.

Here is a book concerning festung Posen (now Poznań). It was published in 2006. Whole book is in polish language. Books mainly deals with history of XIX century fortress, its development and its influence on city. In book you will find plans, photographs and maps.
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Post by MNO KI » 17 Feb 2013, 23:52

Festung Guernsey has just released "German Tunnels in Guernsey, Alderney & Sark". It is the result of years of research and includes many wartime, post war and modern photographs as well as plans. Details at this web-link; http://www.festungguernsey.org.gg/

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Post by DaSk » 05 Mar 2013, 15:52

A new map of Festung Front Oder Warthe Bogen published in Poland. Base of map it is contemporary map. It is central part of bunkers with underground galleries and Panzerwerks. Map can be bought at Pniewo museum in Poland.

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Re: Recommended reading on the fortifications & artillery

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Post by dirk Peeters » 29 Mar 2013, 10:20

I ve recieved the book from Silkeborg Bunkerne (Kurt Stigaard , Martin Holm and Morten Hoppner
I can recommend this excellent and heavily documented book for every one here
Really a very good book
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Post by jopaerya » 21 Apr 2013, 13:45

name of the book : Forteresse La Rochelle subtitle Le réduit de La Pallice
author : Alain Chazette and Pascal Fauvin
contens : A walk-around the Stp.Gr. La Pallice with all Luftwaffe flak batterie's , the socalled Ro-Ring defences and offcource the U boot bunker and all bunkers in this defence zone with a lot of new picture's and drawings .
cover : softcover
contents pages : B&W and color , texts and images
language : French
pages : 112
size : A4
weight : 0.7kg
additional infos : Lot of original German maps and other BaMa information + list and drawing of all St. bunkers
Good to have a book about this not so known Festung
price : 25.00 Euro + porto
ISBN : 978-2-915767-13-1
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Post by DaSk » 19 Jun 2013, 18:37

There is a new booklet about FFOWB. Inside this booklet there are materials after conference which took place at Pniewo in march that year. In attachments You will find cover and table of contents.
Booklet is aviable at Pniewo:

Muzeum Fortyfikacji i Nietoperzy w Pniewie
Pniewo 1 66-300 Międzyrzecz Poland

e-mail [email protected]
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Re: Recommended reading on the fortifications & artillery

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Post by AvB » 19 Jun 2013, 20:56

Is it also in the German language?

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Re: Recommended reading on the fortifications & artillery

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Post by DaSk » 19 Jun 2013, 21:09

Yes. There is short German summary.

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Post by jopaerya » 23 Jun 2013, 15:49

name of the book : Atlantikwall Gold - Juno - Sword
author : Alain Chazette and many others , translation photocaption Emmanuel Férey
contens : All Stp. and W.n. in that sector ( Franceville to Lonques ) from every Stp. and W.n. a detailed layout with all the bunkers , troops and weapons . Lots of bunkers - and tobruks drawings and offcource lots of picture's.
cover : softcover
contents pages : B&W and color , texts and images
language : French with English captions
pages : 112
size : A4
weight : 0.7kg
additional infos : A real scope in this book a bunker for the 3.7 cm PaK K 8O 8O and possible a unknown panzerturret
price : 25.00 Euro + porto
ISBN : 978291576767179
order : http://www.histoire-fortifications.com/index.asp
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Post by DaSk » 27 Jun 2013, 21:03

name of the book : Król i jego twierdze. Fryderyk Wielki i pruskie fortyfikacje w latach 1740 - 1786
in English :King and his fortresses. Frederic the Great and Prussian fortifications in 1740 - 1786.
author : Grzegorz Podruczny
contens: Prussian fortifications in Silesia, Pomerania, East and West Prussia; also information about concepts of prussian fortifications
cover : hardcover
contents pages : B&W , texts and images
language : Polish
pages : 427
size : less than A4
price : 66.50 PLN + porto
ISBN : 978-83-7889-156-7
order : http://napoleonv.pl/
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Post by jopaerya » 06 Jul 2013, 17:03

name of the book : Mur de l'Atlantique en Norge Tome 2
author : Jean-Berhard Wahl and the A.R.N. group
contens : From Trontheim to Lofoten all batterie's and interesting site's
cover : Hardcover
contents pages : B&W and color , texts and images
language : French with English captions
pages : 300
size : A4
weight : 2.1 kg
additional infos : illustrated with 463 photos and 85 plans and maps in full-colour
price : 55.00 Euro + porto
order : http://www.atlantikwall-research-norway ... omme-18912
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Post by jopaerya » 21 Jul 2013, 20:13

name of the book : Patrimoine fortifie de la Presqu"ile de Corzon
author : Alain Chazette - Olivier Mantey and many others .
contens : All coast batterie's ( M.K.B. and H.K.B. ) and all M.Fl.B. and Division batteries in this area . also a part on all
troops that were stationed at Corzon ( south of Brest )
cover : softcover
contents pages : B&W and color , texts and images
language : French
pages : 64
size : A4
weight : 0.6kg
additional infos : Also information on the battle in 1944 on the ground and in the air .
price : 22.00 Euro + porto
ISBN : 978291576767179
order : http://www.histoire-fortifications.com/index.asp
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Re: Recommended reading on the fortifications & artillery

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Post by jopaerya » 21 Jul 2013, 20:27

Here a forthcoming book "Artillerieduell der Fernkampfgeschutze am Pas de Calais 1940-1940"

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Re: Recommended reading on the fortifications & artillery

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Post by vladalex » 21 Aug 2013, 12:58

A new book about 10,5 cm SKC/32 gun in romanian language.
The book in English may be next year ...
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The book have 187 page, 245 B&W pictures and 264 sketch and drawings.
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Re: Recommended reading on the fortifications & artillery

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Post by jopaerya » 21 Aug 2013, 14:18

Must be a good book , two specialists in there field .

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