German installations: Corbiere

German installations:
Corbiere

This tower at Corbiere formed part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall

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This page contains pictures of defences installed by the Germans at Corbiere 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 Corbiere will be found in The 'green books'

German command tower at Corbiere

2006 conservation statement

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  Searchlight installation at Corbiere
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  An aerial view of Corbiere in 1942, before the construction of major defensive installations started
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  Corbiere emplacement
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  Demolition of Corbiere gun turret in 1953 from Illustrated London News
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  Corbiere searchlight
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  A camouflaged bunker at La Corbiere in 1944
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  A photograph taken during the Occupation at Corbiere
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  Corbiere 1948
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  Searchlight at La Corbière
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  The observation tower at Corbiere
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  The observation tower at La Corbiere
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  The famous German command centre at Corbiere
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  Bunker tunnel at La Corbiere
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  Plan of Strongpoint Corbiere
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  A captured French gun installed to cover St Ouen's Bay
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  Corbiere observation post
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  Gun turret at Corbiere
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  A lookout at Corbiere

Strongpoint Corbiere restored

In the aftermath of the Occupation, most German bunkers were stripped of anything which would move, mostly to be sold as scrap or dumped, and then sealed as a safety measure. It was only in the late 20th century and in more recent years that historical organisations such as the Channel Island Occupation Society gained permission from landowners to access the bunkers and start work on restoring them. The strongpoint at Corbiere has undoubtedly been the most successful of these operations, as evidenced by these photographs from Facebook. Click on any image to see a full-size version

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