De Haan
During
the war, the
1.
The first is a command bunker for a battalion or a regiment, a Regelbau
117b of resistance nest WN
Blücher II. Originally
called : Bataillons- oder Regimentsgefechtsstand. It stands next to the Carpe Diem hotel and is in a good
state apart from the close-combat room that has been removed to obtain more
parking place. On the walls at the
entrance the bunker number is still visible, Ost-O 07/II - 39 and inside all the armored doors remain together
with the inscriptions of the rooms' function. It served as command post for
HKAR 940 or I/216.IR / 171.ID
(1943). HKAR 940 was renamed HKAR 1240 from the 12th of December
1943 onwards.
2.
On the other side of the village is a second bunker, a Regelbau 622
designed for two groups of soldiers; originally called a Doppelgruppenunterstand. This one stood in WN Graf Spee III and belonged to the 2nd Cie of Bn I/216
of ID 171. This 622 has two peculiarities. The Tobruk entrance is also the entrance to
a tunnel that lead to the country house
behind the bunker stands. The length of
the tunnel is the same as the length of the bunker. Nowadays the end of the tunnel is closed.
The
second peculiarity is the fresco's
painted on the walls, one in each room.
Finally
the bunker numbers are still on the walls at the entrances being Ost-O 08-372
Between the
country house and the bunker is a swimming pool that for sure dates from the
war years.
The third bunker that belonged to WN Graf Spee III was also a
command bunker, Regelbau 608, but a large country house has been
built on it completely obliterating any traces.
Outside
De Haan, on the grounds of the Zeepreventorium, is a former radar site, Stp
Graf Spee I. There actually
remain thirteen bunkers, but
majority is under the sand. Only two
small bunkers for a
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