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Nazis' secret base found (Omaha Beach battery contains 40 buildings "untouched" since D-Day)
The Sun (U.K.) ^
| January 24, 2006
| TOM NEWTON DUNN
Posted on 01/24/2006 1:34:29 AM PST by Stoat
Nazis' secret base found |
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Revealed ... the Nazis untouched secret bunker |
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By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor A WARTIME bunker used by Nazis to bombard Allied troops during the D-Day landings has been unearthed untouched after 60 years. British treasure hunter Gary Sterne found the base exactly as it was when German troops fled after the Normandy invasion in June 1944. Gary, 41, said: Its truly incredible. Apart from damage to the radio room, the whole place seemed to escape bombing unscathed.
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Treasure hunter ... Gary with RAF medals |
The bunker sprawls over 20 acres and is thought to be the hidden German battery that decimated US soldiers at Omaha Beach, seven miles away. The encampment contains 40 buildings including a field hospital. Some of the offices contain army papers as well as radio equipment.
Amateur historian Gary found it in dense undergrowth after buying a German army map at a French car boot sale. The dad of two, from Manchester, kept it secret for three years so he could buy the land near the village of Grandcamp-Maisy. He now plans to open it as a tourist attraction this year.
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TOPICS: Germany; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: battery; bunker; dday; garysterne; history; milhist; nazi; nazis; omahabeach; secretnazibase; ww2
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A strange twist of history, that in France there is found the untouched remains from an era when the French appreciated and honored the sacrifices of the United States....and it's found during the present times when such sentiment appear to be virtually unknown.
I'm wondering if the French would now have preferred that we hadn't rid them and the rest of the world of the threat of Nazism?
Please say a prayer for the soldiers who risked and oftentimes gave their lives so that the world could be a much better place....despite what the French may now think.
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posted on
01/24/2006 1:34:32 AM PST
by
Stoat
To: Dog; Coop; AdmSmith; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Straight Vermonter; Wiz; Calpernia; Deetes; jmc1969; ...
This is just too interesting to miss.
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posted on
01/24/2006 1:40:48 AM PST
by
Cap Huff
To: Stoat
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posted on
01/24/2006 1:44:27 AM PST
by
Bender2
(Even dirty old robots need love!)
To: Stoat
Wow. Thats an impressive find.
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posted on
01/24/2006 1:45:47 AM PST
by
jecIIny
(You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
To: Stoat; butternut_squash_bisque
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posted on
01/24/2006 1:48:35 AM PST
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: Stoat
Did he grab those metals off skeletons?
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posted on
01/24/2006 1:49:31 AM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(We protect Korea's border better than our own!)
To: Stoat
So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...
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posted on
01/24/2006 1:53:03 AM PST
by
naturalman1975
(Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)
To: Stoat
"All your base now belong to us..."
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:00:40 AM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
To: naturalman1975
So a 20 acre military facility can go, apparently undetected, for 60 years in peacetime France... yet, some people are absolutely certain that there's nothing left to find in rather more trying conditions in Iraq...
Absolutely brilliant analysis. Worth repeating (and I shall do so.)
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:01:11 AM PST
by
dyed_in_the_wool
("Man's character is his destiny" - Heracleitus)
To: Stoat
Although I appreciate you sentiments, the reasons we went to war against the Nazi onslaught had very little to do with specifically, liberating France. That was just one of the positive consequences.
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:03:36 AM PST
by
Banjoguy
(I will rot in Hell before I buy another Dell!)
To: naturalman1975
To: Banjoguy
liberating France. That was just one of the positive consequences. Come again?
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:06:42 AM PST
by
leadhead
(It’s a duty and a responsibility to defeat them. But it's also a pleasure)
To: Banjoguy
A minor correction:
That was just one of the positive consequences.
There, that's better.
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:07:37 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: FreedomPoster
Re: A minor correction Good one, LOL!
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:13:49 AM PST
by
Banjoguy
(I will rot in Hell before I buy another Dell!)
To: Banjoguy
Although I appreciate you sentiments, the reasons we went to war against the Nazi onslaught had very little to do with specifically, liberating France. That was just one of the positive consequences.It was never my intent to imply such a thing. I merely said:
I'm wondering if the French would now have preferred that we hadn't rid them and the rest of the world of the threat of Nazism?
This question refers to the effect, not the cause of our involvement.
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:18:30 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
"The dad of two, from Manchester, kept it secret for three years so he could buy the land near the village of Grandcamp-Maisy." Gary was quoted as saying "All your base belong to ME!"
To: Stoat
It was never my intent to imply such a thing. I'll read more carefully next time. Thanks for clearing that up.
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:34:34 AM PST
by
Banjoguy
(I will rot in Hell before I buy another Dell!)
To: Banjoguy
I'll read more carefully next time. Thanks for clearing that up.You're quite welcome, no worries :-)
Note: although the brand / brewer of this beer is not stated, all readers should be advised that this image is NOT intended to represent any form of French beer or any derivative thereof :-)
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:42:00 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Light Speed
What are these pictures of?
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:53:39 AM PST
by
PaulJ
To: PaulJ
Those are pictures of American troops digging up an Iraqi fighter jet that Saddam had buried in the desert.
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posted on
01/24/2006 2:57:23 AM PST
by
Miss Marple
(Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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