Ostwall - Panzerwerk 701

Staropole
Lubusz, Poland

This bunker of the German Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Ostwall) was built between 1937 and 1938. All of the Ostwall fortifications are connected by a 32 km long underground system of tunnels. On 28 January 1945 the red army launched an attack on the central part of the Ostwall. After 3 days of intense fightings the Russians managed a break through in the central and southern part. [b]The bunker today:[/b] Panzerwerk 701 is badly damaged.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

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