egbert Posted 13 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2014 Inside everlasting darkness and 10 degrees centigrade, outside bright sun at 30 degrees centigrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 13 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2014 Walking around the lower ZR entrance to the upper level exit/entrance THEN appr. 1919 or 1920s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 15 October , 2014 Mia the Australian fennec returns from upper exit/entrance in fear and asks for support to explore the ZR tunnels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 15 October , 2014 Inside Ziegelrücken ridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 15 October , 2014 Do these blackened walls origin from the catastrophic explosion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 15 October , 2014 This must be the place where the 4 lightly wounded and 20 heavily wounded soldiers from 11.Kompanie survived the lower entrance blast Cannot resist to post ceiling details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 15 October , 2014 One of the 4 "crossroad exits" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 15 October , 2014 Leaving ZR through a covered exit with Dex the terminator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 15 October , 2014 Share Posted 15 October , 2014 Great pics, as ever. Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 15 October , 2014 Thanks Roel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2014 After leaving the ZR galleries, my two most faithful confidants rush along the Ziegelrücken-trench to avoid further shelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard Bearer Posted 16 October , 2014 Share Posted 16 October , 2014 Fantastic pictures, Egbert. Thank you very much for sharing them with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2014 ...and further on through Dora-trench with its fire steps. It is already a front line trench on top of HWK. So this is all part of the summit close range combat trench system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2014 Dora trench leads to fortress Dora, one of many on the relative small summit plateau. These fortresses are like icebergs - some 90 % of their structures are subterranean , with only a small surface section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2014 Fortress Dora with Dora trench 1920s THEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2014 Feste Dora roof structure with chimneys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 October , 2014 Some meters further East the next fortress shows up-Feste Großherzog. I have shown pictures from this section of HWK very early in this thread in part I. This panorama picture again shows the significance for the German Army to hold this mountain summit as from HWK one has a total view across the Rhine River plains. Also- from this fortress the observer from MWA 312 saw the short firing of the Bastion Minenwerfer that caused the friendly fire catastrophe in Ziegelrücken-tunnels. Although he telephoned immediately, the message came through 2 minutes too late..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 October , 2014 Same view; early battlefield tourists standing on top of position "Aussichtsfelsen", taken around 1919/20s THEN Source: mon ami Vosgien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 October , 2014 THEN & NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 October , 2014 Panning left NOW THEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 17 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 October , 2014 And panning right with post war view across the summit over to Molkenrain mountain from where the French batteries fired to HWK THEN Source: Michelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 18 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 October , 2014 Fantastic pictures, Egbert. Thank you very much for sharing them with us. You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 18 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 October , 2014 Time to leave the man eater mountain with it's 30.000+ brave soldiers kia , with so many of those still remaining in eternity covered by the rock debris somewhere NOW . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 18 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 October , 2014 Post war THEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottsGreys Posted 27 October , 2014 Share Posted 27 October , 2014 Egbert: Thanks for your continuing insightful posts and pics--very informative. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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