Forests, wood and bunkers.

[CSW]

Down south - around the Arctic Circle, that is - dense forests are naturally more common which made wood the main material of dugout structures. Wood could also be and was indeed used for all sorts of garden decorations, gorgeous benches, fences and the like.

Here we have a group of men reading their local Lappland-Kurier magazine, presumably somewhere in Lapland.



The drawings are from the 1944 booklet "Bildheft neuzeitlicher Stellungsbau" - the entire document can be found online if someone is interested.

And finally, some remains I've found myself... these first examples were located inside a Flak ammunition depot area.





Slowly rotting away.



And to conclude, here's one LW dugout in 2018 and in 2019 from two different angles. The wooden parts are clearly visible.



Thanks for letting me add my contribution! I appreciate it

[TabsTabs1964]

You are allways wellcome.

[TabsTabs1964]

Two photos inserted at the end of #20.

[TabsTabs1964]

I just inserted these images in # 20.
I have found the first one on the net; but the second I have bought. I think it's a fantastic image, both because of the faces of the soldiers and because you can see the carpentry work on the logs so that they fit perfectly and also the pliers in the hand of the first man.




TABSTABS collection

[Willmore]

This is a brilliant thread, very very interesting, thank you for this!

[TabsTabs1964]

Smoking a pipe on the porch (Volkhov front, 1942)


The bedroom

[toot]

WOW!! this is a fantastic site. do keep EM comming!

[toot]

is any one on this site a veteran and been to war?

[toot]

I am a VIET NAM VETERAN. and some how things never seem to change in war. this is just the best site. I hope that it continues?

[rbminis]

is any one on this site a veteran and been to war?

I believe there are quite a few veterans here, some still serving as well.
Ralph.