Fortifications near bridges

[jopaerya]

Hello

I have placed one Ebay picture earlier on this Forum , but now I found a other one on BeeldbankWW2 .
Who has any idea on these "medieval" were they were build or it's just coincidence ??

Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

No bridge but the looks are the same on this Ebay picture , Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

According to the Ebay photo caption this should be Greece , Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

Found this on Ebay , Bulgarian bunker ??

[Ondrej Filip]

There are many similar blockhauses at Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria). They were built during World War II to defend the gridges against the partisans.

Althought they were probably built by more countries (Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Croatia?), they have tha same design with loopholes in the corners and battlements,

[jopaerya]

Found one more on Ebay

[jopaerya]

According to the Ebay caption in Albanien , Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

Ebay

[jopaerya]

A other Ebay photo with such a turret , Regards Jos

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi Guys,

I recall my father, who was an officer in the British Army, mentioning some 50 years ago that the Germans sometimes built firing slits into domestic houses near bridges.

Has anyone else heard this?

Cheers,

Sid.