World War II Bunkers, As Captured By Photographer Jonathan Andrew (PHOTOS)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/world-war-ii-bunkers-as-c_n_2432533.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Posted: 01/08/2013 1:16 pm EST

For anyone who has visited the beaches of Normandy and the American cemetery there, the eerie beauty of the area is tempered by its haunting past.

Enter Jonathan Andrews, a 42-year-old living in Amsterdam, who started photographing abandoned World War II bunkers across Europe in the winter of 2009, cataloging them as he went.

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"I originally found the geometry and shape of the structures fascinating and the fact that they were just left standing alone in a farmer's field or on a beach," Andrews told The Daily Mail. "'It was as if they were still on guard but nobody had told them the war is over. Once I started photographing them it was impossible not to be moved by what the buildings symbolised and what they have witnessed."

FULL story and photo slide show at link.

[hogwyld]

1. Hauntingly beautiful

Thanks for the link.

[Lurks Often]

2. Steel reinforced concrete poured in quantity is remarkably hard

to remove and you started to see its use around WWI. For that matter fortifications of any type resist time rather well. Here is a link to Forts & Fortifications in the United States, many of which can be seen on Google Earth

http://fortwiki.com/Fort_Wiki