Bunker VM 8 Soiron

This is bunker VM9 of the 1st defense line of defence fot the city of Liège, La Position Fortifiée de Liège, PFL 1.

It is the 9th of a total of 34 bunkers in this sector, Vesdre-Manaihant. Since bunker VM1 had a “side” bunker, it is the 9th bunker in this sector.

The bunker is close to bunker VM 9 and 10, and is almost completely overgrown. The fence from the 1930s is still present. Due to the almost complete overgrowth, the bunker cannot be viewed up close.

As with the other bunkers, the steel shutters and probably the doors are gone. Once the bunkers lost their strategic value for the Belgian Army, all the steel was sold. The plots of land on which they stood were also sold. For this reason, they now often lie in farmers' backyards or meadows and are privately owned.

The walls and ceilings of these bunkers are of 1.30 m reinforced concrete. They could withstand shells of 150 mm.

The bunkers of the PFL were built in the 1930s.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski
• La Position Fortifiée de Liège, Coenen & Vernier.