Vlieland Widerstandsnest 12H
Vlieland Widerstandsnest 12H
Vlieland
Bunkermuseum Wn 12H
Vlieland - During the Second World War, the German occupiers built a defense line along the entire North Sea coast, the Atlantic Wall. This was also the case on the Wadden Island of Vlieland. Not that the Germans were afraid that the Allies would land on Vlieland, but because of bombers flying over. Every night the RAF, the English Royal Air Force, flew over to bomb cities and factories in Germany. The Netherlands was darkened during the war. Therefore, it was difficult for the English pilots to navigate. By counting the Wadden islands, the pilot knew where the plane was. The Atlantic Wall consisted of several large, strategically located Festungen and several smaller Stellungen, such as the Widerstandsnest on Vlieland.
The Atlantic Wall ran along the entire western coast of Europe. From the Pyrenees on the border with Spain to the North Cape in Norway. The defense line was built by the Germans during the Second World War, in just a few years. The Atlantic Wall would consist of 15,000 buildings. 10,000 of these have actually been completed. In the course of time much has been cleaned up or disappeared under the sand. Here on Vlieland, the bunker complex has been excavated from the sand and is now a museum.