Kusten batterie Kvala, Norwegen

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ca.500meters from this batterie there is two national memorials from the wiking/christianity of Norway. The first is Harald`s haugen where the king Harald H******229;rfagre who christianed Norway is buried and the secound is the cross hill from the same period.
He died in 988. He was famous from the battle of Harfsfjord (Harfsfjord was also a NS Hird cuff title for their black uniforms).

The stone cross have a mg bunker beneath but is not clearly seen.
Haralds haugen or Haralds hill was popular among Quisling`s party and they had rally there. It was popular among the wiking inspired germans as well...
Enjoy...

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Stein krossen (the stone cross)

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This is a WH infantry position from the oposite side of the bay towards batterie Kvala.

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To the left-west of that inf.pos. there is a very small island with a lighthouse. No suprise that there are some bunkers there also...
(no boat-no closeup) Beautiful country

There is at least one junker 52 somewhere you can see on the picture in the sea and one allied bomber out there also...

German uboats,eboats, flak boat was passing trough here often during ww2 cause of harbours in the area. Prinz Eugene also went outside the islands acording to eyewitness...

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Some kilometers on my way home I spotted this german mg position from a trail trough a forest.
Can you spot it ?
Look at all the little stairs leading up to it...

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Well friends, this was all for now.
It sure is nice to live in festung Norwegen.

I hope you enjoyed the ride and will post a comment if you dig this kind of
historic places Happy autumn and viel sammlergluck!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks for another great photo thread I know a lot of forum members would love to live near these bunkers, me included

Cheers, Ade.

[Duane E]

Very good pictures! Thanks for showing. Duane

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Hi
I forgot to mention that one of my teachers on technich school in the middle of the 90`s told me that in early 50`s when he was young, he and his friend had their bicycle steers full of german helmets and gas masks.
There were lots laying around in the bunkers.
I was a bit stunned that it had layed there for so many years after the war.
He gave me a 88 grenade warhead (empty of coarse) wich he had left from the fort...