Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 161
... pillboxes . These Stutzpunkte were of concrete which had been poured between wooden shutter- ing around an internal ... pillbox could be knocked out was for an infantryman to crawl forward and toss a hand - grenade in through the firing ...
... pillboxes . These Stutzpunkte were of concrete which had been poured between wooden shutter- ing around an internal ... pillbox could be knocked out was for an infantryman to crawl forward and toss a hand - grenade in through the firing ...
Page 168
... pillboxes were erected , usually in groups with interlocking fields of fire . Sometimes they covered particular road junctions ; sometimes they formed defensive belts across country or along the coast ; and sometimes rings of them made ...
... pillboxes were erected , usually in groups with interlocking fields of fire . Sometimes they covered particular road junctions ; sometimes they formed defensive belts across country or along the coast ; and sometimes rings of them made ...
Page 169
... pillboxes in the area . The lower level provided fire along the now - disused Chard to Taunton railway line . Just ... pillbox and its companions were part of the Western Stop Line , intended to deal with a German advance eastwards after ...
... pillboxes in the area . The lower level provided fire along the now - disused Chard to Taunton railway line . Just ... pillbox and its companions were part of the Western Stop Line , intended to deal with a German advance eastwards after ...
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