Bunker FE 1 Retinne

Rue des Cloutiers, 3621 Retinne

Belgium Liège Retinne

This is bunker FE 1 at Retinne.

The bunker is part of sector Fléron-Evegnée (FE) from de 2nd line of defense for the city of Liège. La Position Fortifiée de Liège 2, PFL 2.

It's the first bunker of this sector. To the north it bounders with sector Evegnée-Barchon (EB). To the south with sector Chaudfontaine-Fléron (CF).

The sector consisted of 8 bunkers. 6 bunkers still remain, 2 were demolished after the war.

The bunker is located near the road in a residential area. Today it serves as goatshelter.

The walls and ceiling of the bunkers from the PFL were standard 1.30 m. thick and of reinforced concrete. They had to be able to withstand shells of 150 mm. To illustrate, the caliber of shells a Königstiger could fire was caliber 88 mm. Thus, only heavier caliber field guns could penetrate the concrete and potentially destroy the bunker.

The bunkers were built in the 1930s.

After the war, when the bunkers lost their strategic value for the Belgian army, the plots of land on which they stood were sold. All the metal of the hatches and doors was sold as scrap metal. Hence the that most bunkers are now on private plots.

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