All that remains of the Gneisenau

[Graham1973]

A pair of videos covering a coastal defence battery the Germans constructed in Norway, it was built around Ceasar turret of the Gneisenau, the only portion of the ship to survive to the present day.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeSyao8U_YA

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNWdlOZ_zQY

 

[publiusr]

They might need it again one day...

 

[Graham1973]

Further explorations of the site.

View: https://youtu.be/tEB1QdtHFnM?si=QZmMjIvOWWnd0134

View: https://youtu.be/SFNyoJWfg8g?si=590VDWUyJbTtw8jq

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Further explorations of the site.

View: https://youtu.be/tEB1QdtHFnM?si=QZmMjIvOWWnd0134

View: https://youtu.be/SFNyoJWfg8g?si=590VDWUyJbTtw8jq

How in the World did they get it moved up there??

Interesting - thanks! Mark

 

[Graham1973]

How in the World did they get it moved up there??

Interesting - thanks! Mark

A lot of hard labour from Serbian prisoners of war from what I've heard.