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Cross-section of one of Mirus Battery’s gun emplacements. Modified drawing from Report on German Fortifications (Office of Chief of Engineers, US Army, 1944). The Germans captured four Russian 305mm Mle 1914 guns in Norway and installed them in Battery Mirus on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. These guns came from a Russian battleship salvaged in […]

The bombardment of the Belgian army headquarters at Mechelen had started on 18 October, as a result of which King Albert moved the headquarters to Antwerp. Once Mechelen was taken, the Germans moved their heavy guns forwards and began shelling the forts. The first German attack was directed against Sector 3. The strategy was to […]