Towards an archaeology and geography of Second World War German munitions storage sites in north-west Europe

Passmore, David G.; Capps-Tunwell, David; Reinders, Martijn; Harrison, Stephan

doi:10.1080/15740773.2017.1426535

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“…Furthermore, it can be argued that many aspects of conflict archaeology of WWII landscapes in Europe are still in need of an initial auditing exercise and are lacking basic archaeological typologies (Cf. Passmore et al, 2017)-as demonstrated in this paper by the example of the potential (unused?) gun pits at Herkenbosch-Rothenbach.…”

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The interpretation of WWII conflict landscapes. Some case studies from the Netherlands

Schriek

2020

Landscape Research

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“…(2) present an initial auditing exercise since many WWII-related landscapes of conflict are lacking any basic archaeological typologies (Cf. Passmore et al, 2017); (3) define the historical context of the detected features.…”

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The interpretation of WWII conflict landscapes. Some case studies from the Netherlands

Schriek

2020

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“…The second paper is also on the subject of LiDAR imaging, and is by Max van der Schriek and Willem Beex. The focus of this paper is the traces of fuel dumps, ammunition stores, foxholes and so forth from the German occupation in the Second World War; these are features similar to those that have been discussed in papers in previous issues, most recently in issue 12.1 by Passmore et al (2017). Van der Schriek and Beek look at the LiDAR images of the German features, with earlier features also visible.…”

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Pollard

2017

Journal of Conflict Archaeology

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“…Among the most original ones, two Flak-positions of the Luftwaffe have been excavated in Normandy and Occitany, at Bretteville-sur-Odon (Calvados) and Azereix (Hautes-Pyrénées), near the Caen and Tarbes airports in 2020 and 2022 (by Benoît Labbey, INRAP and Guillaume Seguin, ÉVEHA). Moreover, several surveys and prospecting operations have been conducted on the German logistics sites located in the forests of western France (Passmore et al 2017), as well as in several areas of the Südwall, where the majority of WWII concrete bunkers still exist. In the old port of Marseille (Bouchesdu-Rhône), for instance, German prisoners drew large frescoes on the internal walls of the huge U-Boat Martha base, which are now published and protected (Chazette 2019).…”

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Considering Second World War Archaeological Heritage in France

Carpentier

2024

Internet Archaeol.

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The archaeology of the Second World War has existed since the 1980s in English-language research. However, the vestiges of this conflict were only officially included in French national heritage at the end of 2013. Only since 2014, the year of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, do preventive archaeology operations prescribe for World War II (WWII) sites. Public research programmes have also been set up to identify and characterise the heritage linked to the conflict, in particular the numerous remains of the Atlantic Wall on France's western seafront. During this decade, several archaeological operations have revealed the strong scientific potential attached to WWII sites throughout the country. At the same time, researchers from the National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have drawn up a general research theme based on these remains which now form part of an international discussion framework. There are three main lines of research based on the typology of material traces from the conflict. The first of these is dedicated to battlefield remains, which are currently being used to compile an archaeology of military operations in Normandy. The second is the study of defensive structures (bunkers on the Atlantic Wall and passive defence constructions) that are also the subject of exciting discoveries in Normandy and other French regions. The third area of research addresses remains linked to internment and mass crimes. In particular, this concerns the search, currently underway, of the only Nazi concentration camp on French soil, the KL Natzweiler-Struthof. This houses the European Centre of Deported Resistance Members (CERD) and performs important research on other deportation or internment memorials (e.g. Drancy, Mont-Valérien) and on a series of prison camps across France. These sites, long threatened by soil and coastal erosion, development or the looting of militaria, are now crystallising as powerful heritage assets, even though the expression and sharing of this archaeological memory of World War II comes in response to high levels of national and international public expectation.

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Towards an archaeology and geography of Second World War German munitions storage sites in north-west Europe

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

The interpretation of WWII conflict landscapes. Some case studies from the Netherlands

The interpretation of WWII conflict landscapes. Some case studies from the Netherlands

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Considering Second World War Archaeological Heritage in France

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