Bunker type 700 with road blocks and Anti-tankwall Ritthem

Steel barrier and Anti-tank wall.

The wall was built in mid-1944, is of reinforced concrete and has an overhanging edge to make the climbing of infantry and tanks more difficult.
At regular intervals, the wall has tobruks (single shooter concrete foxholes) for armaments with a machine gun.
On both sides of a tobruk in the wall are made additional loopholes.
The wall is about 1.5 km long and can be explored in its entirety.

Photo 1: A steel barrier named a "Hedgehog" (porcupine) by the Allies. These were about 1.5 m high. In the background you can see on the slope of the road that the anti-tank wall disappears below it.
Photo 2 and 3: The Anti-tank wall.

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Source

• Text: Mia van den Berg / Memoria Walcheren 40 - 45
• Photos: Mia van den Berg