Ostwall Unfinished Panzerwerk A8 West

Kalawa
Lubusz, Poland

This bunker of the German Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Ostwall a.k.a. East Wall) was built between 1939 and 1940. 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 fighting the Russians managed a break through in the central and southern parts. [b]The bunker today:[/b] Since the construction was never completed, only the foundation stands today. It is possible for visitors to reach the underground tunnel system tunnels through A8 West.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

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