Pillboxes

Apart from the above-mentioned pillboxes, we know that, by mid-1942, there were elements of the 8th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, stationed from the Great Fault or the Victoria Lines southwards.

The idea of writing a series of articles packed with photos of pillboxes has long been on my mind.

Blockhouses, caves, and pillboxes were numerous, elaborate, and well fortified, and the defenders were well trained and seemingly in good spirits.

Similar pillboxes were also placed close to the Mansura area along the road leading to the Erenköy enclave.

For this job the regiment formed assault teams armed with flamethrowers, Bangalore torpedoes, and pole and satchel explosive charges to eliminate the German pillboxes guarding the objective.

It is as if the Germans had cleared the beaches of Normandy of any barbed wire, tank traps, and machine gun pillboxes before D-Day.

Jowett & Snodgrass (2006), p. 44 In spite of the cold and hunger, the Soviet troops did not surrender easily but fought bravely, often entrenching their tanks to be used as pillboxes and building timber dugouts.

Pillboxes can still be seen along its length.

The defense was organized on three lines with emplacements consisting of trenches, AT ditches and pillboxes.

The Egyptians had four divisions in the area, backed by minefields, pillboxes, underground bunkers, hidden gun emplacements and trenches.

The Germans had no usable tanks in the city, and those that still functioned could, at best, be used as makeshift pillboxes.

The types of bunkers vary from machine gun pillboxes, beach bunkers, to underground naval facilities, and even Air Force Mountain and underground bunkers.

This network of bunkers and pillboxes favored the defense.

With this unusual weapon, he methodically killed the occupants of multiple pillboxes, allowing demolition personnel following him to destroy the position.