Batterie Lothringen, Noirmont

German installations:
Batterie Lothringen

A German rangefinder operator in one of the newly completed installations

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This page contains pictures of defences installed by the Germans at Noirmont during the Occupation as part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall, which was designed to prevent any Allied invasion of occupied territory. More pictures of defences at other locations, and links to pages for other major installations, will be found in Photographs of German defences and other installations. More pictures of Noirmont will be found in The 'green books'

Construction work

The first set of previously unpublished pictures on this page were taken by an official German photographer in the early months of the Occupation. They show work under way on constructing the defences which would eventually form part of Adolph Hitler's 'Atlantic Wall'. The collection was sent to us by a private collector

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Final testing

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Noirmont gun emplacement

Early installations

These early defences at Noirmont were demolished to make way for more substantial installations

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Sundry wartime images

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  An anti-aircraft gun
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  A rangefinder
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  A drill at Batterie Lothringen
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  Werner Neumann at Batterie Lothringen
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  Noirmont command bunker in 1944
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  A large German gun
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  The command bunker at Noirmont
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  A clifftop gun defends St Aubin's Bay
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  The command bunker pictured in 1944
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  A rangefinder
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  This camouflaged gun emplacement at Noirmont was demolished in 1944
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  Rangefinder in 1941
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Post-war pictures

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  A British Army officer inspects the installations
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  A British Army officer
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  Noirmont Tower in 1945
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  La Société Jersiaise visit in 1946
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  1950s
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  Tank traps
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  The restored command bunker at Noirmont
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  10.5cm gun
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  10.5cm gun
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  10.5cm gun
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  10.5cm gun
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  Command bunker reopening in 1977
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  Command bunker reopening in 1977
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  Command bunker reopening in 1977
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  Command bunker reopening in 1977
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  Command bunker reopening in 1977
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  15cm gun in 1979
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  15cm gun in 1979
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  15cm gun in 1979
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  Command bunker
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  Command bunker
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  Command bunker
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  Mike Ginns
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  Restoration work
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  Oerlikon remounted in 1980
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  Replacement of cupolas in 1981
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  Replacement of cupolas in 1981
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  Replacement of cupolas in 1981
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  Replacement of cupolas in 1981
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  Replacement of cupolas in 1981
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  Replacement of cupolas in 1981
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  Rangefinder recovered
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  A 1980s visit by Karl Baser, who was based here from 1941 to 1943

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