Ostwall Panzerwerk 757

Kursko
Lubusz, Poland

This bunker of the German Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Ostwal a.k.a. East Walll) was built between 1938 and 1939. 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 parts. [b]The bunker today:[/b] Panzerwerk 757 was largely destroyed by the Red army.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

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