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3D model of the New Reich Chancellery with location of bunker complex in red 3D model of Führerbunker (left) and Vorbunker (right). The Führerbunker (German pronunciation: [ˈfyːʁɐˌbʊŋkɐ] ⓘ) was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
The bunker complex below the vineyards and forests along the river Ahr was built inside two disused railway tunnels of a former strategic railway line built in preparation of World War I but never entered into service. After the war, during years of recession, the German state railway company lost interest in the line which was of no economic ...
Flak towers were used as both above-ground bunkers and anti-aircraft gun blockhouses by Nazi Germany The north entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado, United States A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people and valued materials from falling bombs, artillery, or other attacks.
The flak towers had also been designed with the idea of using the above-ground bunkers as a civilian shelter, with room for 10,000 civilians and a hospital ward inside. During the Battle of Berlin, occupants formed their own communities, with up to 30,000 Berliners taking refuge in one tower during the battle.
The fortifications included barriers, walls, ammunition bunkers, military quarters and other structures all intended to deter an invasion from the sea. The inside of one of the WWII bunkers found ...
In 1959 the East German government began a series of demolitions of the Chancellery, including the bunker complex. [25] In 1974, 1.5 meters (4.9 ft) of water was pumped from inside the bunkers, and the East Germany Stasi conducted a survey of the interior of the Vorbunker and took external measurements of the Führerbunker.
The Zeppelin bunker was erected by the Reichspost on the orders of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht at the end of the 1930s. [3] The bunker was built between 1937 and 1939 in the area of the so-called Stalag (German: Stammlager) as a signal intelligence centre. The code name for the bunker was Amt 500, i.e., (Postal) Office 500.
Tannenberg consisted of two concrete bunkers, one used as Hitler's private quarters and a second as a communications facility. [1] The site also included a number of wooden-framed structures, including a mess hall, barracks, guest quarters, a conference centre, and a guard house. [1] The perimeter of the complex was ringed with barbed wire. [1]