German bunkers

Bunkers existed in different sizes and had various functions. The bunkers that the army had constructed along the Siegfried Line aimed to stop the Allied troops advancing to Germany.

A bunker was a formidable defense: they were always strategically placed, so they had a good view of the field of fire making it very difficult for the Allied infantry to directly attack. German soldiers in a bunker were relatively safe. Heavy artillery was needed to blow up a bunker. A few soldiers in a German bunker could make things very difficult for a larger number of Allied soldiers.

In a typical bunker there were several small rooms: a living space, an armory, an ammunition room and the room where the waepaons were kept, usually a machine gun and sometimes an anti-tank gun.

Many German bunkers were been blown up during the war and after the war the rest followed.