Secret bunker found in Normandy

[Richard Farrant]

There have been articles in the press in the last few days, of a very large bunker complex discovered near Grandcamp-Maisy in Normandy. It has been buried since the war and it is reported that a lot of items were still lying in it, such as jackboots, books, letters, maps, radio equipment, even an RAF Log Book, possibly from a downed flyer. The 20 acre site was discovered by Englishman, Gary Sterne who had been given an old military map by an American veteran, this gave clues of something important there, although no visible signs on the ground at first sight. It is thought that the battery here was responsable for the shelling of Omaha beach.

This complex contains hospital, cookhouse, radio room, as well as the battery. Forty buildings in all. The intention is to open it up as a museum, the locals are supporting this.

Richard