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World War II Abandoned Places

Michael Kerrigan

A rusting anti-aircraft fort in the North Sea. A German submarine base in France. A Flak tower in a Viennese park — more than 70 years after the end of World War II, its legacy can still be seen from... Read moreRead less

A rusting anti-aircraft fort in the North Sea. A German submarine base in France. A Flak tower in a Viennese park — more than 70 years after the end of World War II, its legacy can still be seen from Europe to Japan. World War II Abandoned Places explores more than 100 bunkers, pillboxes, submarine bases, forts and gun emplacements from the North Sea to Okinawa. Included are defensive structures, such as the Maginot Line on France’s eastern border with Germany, Germany’s own western and eastern border defences, and the Atlantic Wall, the German-built bunkers and pillboxes on the coast from Denmark down to Brittany. The book also includes both Hitler’s and Himmler’s Eastern Front bunkers in Poland. But beyond the military installations, the book explores the ruins of concentration camps, the empty village of Oradour-Sur-Glane, Hitler’s mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden and the dilapidated Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, among other non-military places. With 150 outstanding colour photographs, World War II Abandoned Places is a brilliant pictorial examination of both the military and non-military legacy of the conflict.

Abandoned series

Format: 297 x 227mm hb
Extent: 224pp
Word count: 10,000
Illustrations: 150 photos
ISBN: 9781782745495

Michael Kerrigan

Michael Kerrigan was educated at St. Edward’s College and University College, Oxford, England. He is the author of The History of Death, A Dark History: The Roman Emperors, Ancients In Their Own Words, World War II Plans That Never Happened, and American Presidents: A Dark History. He is a columnist,...
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“Hauntingly beautiful remnants of the Second World War”

Telegraph.co.uk, November 2017

“A brilliant collection of colour photos from around the world showing material remnants from the Second World War that still survive today. Many of them show the ravages of time, and their struggle with nature as ­ flora and fauna adapt to these fragments of past human con­flict. The book is organised into regional chapters, with stunning landscapes and a feeling for patterned design. Sometimes amusing, sometimes disturbing, but always fascinating.”

Military History Matters, December 2017

ISBN: 9781782745495 hb

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