Arthur van Beveren
@arthurvanb.bsky.social
Fortifications | Image archivist | MA Military History | Author of http://atlantikwallinkaart.nl | http://Bunkersite.com
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Bipolar Geopolitical ADHD map: making Canada a state, then annex Greenland, slapping tariffs on penguins in the McDonald Islands, calling Zelensky a dictator, threatening to bomb Mexico but bombing Iran, praising Zelensky, pressuring Russia, threatening Venezuela and Nigeria, appeasing Russia
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Bipolar Geopolitical ADHD map: making Canada a state, then annex Greenland, slapping tariffs on penguins in the McDonald Islands, calling Zelensky a dictator, threatening to bomb Mexico but bombing Iran, praising Zelensky, pressuring Russia, threatening Venezuela and Nigeria, appeasing Russia
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In this online workshop, Sütterlin specialist Carolin Sommer shines a light on the mysterious Sutterlin writing script. We uncover why it was introduced, why it was abandoned, and why it appears so hieroglyphic even when written in a neat hand.
Catch up now:
Catch up now:
Decoding Sütterlin: Reading Handwritten Holocaust Documents Workshop
Handwritten documents from the Holocaust, whether in the form of diaries, personal letters or official forms, sometimes seem to have been written in an unreadable scrawl. Often, the reason they…
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September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
In this online workshop, Sütterlin specialist Carolin Sommer shines a light on the mysterious Sutterlin writing script. We uncover why it was introduced, why it was abandoned, and why it appears so hieroglyphic even when written in a neat hand.
Catch up now:
Catch up now:
Waffenamt proofmarks on the battlefield of 2025. What a world we live in.
Ukrainian reconnaissance unit “Tur” of the 225th Assault Regiment claims to have found detonators at a Russian ammo depot, marked with Nazi swastikas. They date back to Soviet-Nazi cooperation of 1939–40, when the USSR imported German military tech.
September 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Waffenamt proofmarks on the battlefield of 2025. What a world we live in.
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Ukrainian reconnaissance unit “Tur” of the 225th Assault Regiment claims to have found detonators at a Russian ammo depot, marked with Nazi swastikas. They date back to Soviet-Nazi cooperation of 1939–40, when the USSR imported German military tech.
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ukrainian reconnaissance unit “Tur” of the 225th Assault Regiment claims to have found detonators at a Russian ammo depot, marked with Nazi swastikas. They date back to Soviet-Nazi cooperation of 1939–40, when the USSR imported German military tech.
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Last Wednesday i went to search for the last remaining part of the antitank ditch of the Panterstellung in the Netherlands. Well not really searching but visiting. Most parts were re-cultivated and are now filled. But in a small Forrest a short stretch was left.
August 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Last Wednesday i went to search for the last remaining part of the antitank ditch of the Panterstellung in the Netherlands. Well not really searching but visiting. Most parts were re-cultivated and are now filled. But in a small Forrest a short stretch was left.
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Again.
August 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Again.
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Great to see my 2012 book reissued in paperback - as with all the books in this series, it’s an introductory guide. Pleased that readers found it of value
August 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Great to see my 2012 book reissued in paperback - as with all the books in this series, it’s an introductory guide. Pleased that readers found it of value
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Thanks to all who joined me for an Old Front Line #Podcast Supporters Evening where we looked at the official photos of the 1st July 1916 and what they tell us about the First Day on the Somme.
June 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thanks to all who joined me for an Old Front Line #Podcast Supporters Evening where we looked at the official photos of the 1st July 1916 and what they tell us about the First Day on the Somme.
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Hoe is het om te weten dat je onderdeel hebt uitgemaakt van een droom van Himmler? Jakob Koolschijn maakte een podcast over Lebensborn, een geboorteproject van de nazi's om meer Arische kinderen te kweken. Luister de podcast hier: www.nporadio1.nl/podcasts/het...
May 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hoe is het om te weten dat je onderdeel hebt uitgemaakt van een droom van Himmler? Jakob Koolschijn maakte een podcast over Lebensborn, een geboorteproject van de nazi's om meer Arische kinderen te kweken. Luister de podcast hier: www.nporadio1.nl/podcasts/het...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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On this day in 1945, the supreme commanders of the German Wehrmacht signed the unconditional surrender before representatives of the Allies in this former officer's mess hall in Berlin-Karlshorst. It marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. Today it’s a museum. youtu.be/lOnp7DhJvHI?...
German Capitulation at Berlin-Karlshorst (1945)
YouTube video by KM Military History
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May 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
On this day in 1945, the supreme commanders of the German Wehrmacht signed the unconditional surrender before representatives of the Allies in this former officer's mess hall in Berlin-Karlshorst. It marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. Today it’s a museum. youtu.be/lOnp7DhJvHI?...
@janpostma.bsky.social Vraag voor de Amerika podcast: denken jullie dat het Trump slechts gaat om de aandacht op wat voor manier ook? Of dat er een snoder plan achter zit, van Trump zelf of mensen om hem heen.
May 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@janpostma.bsky.social Vraag voor de Amerika podcast: denken jullie dat het Trump slechts gaat om de aandacht op wat voor manier ook? Of dat er een snoder plan achter zit, van Trump zelf of mensen om hem heen.
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These webinars with fortifications as red line are a good source to begin your journey in the world of fortifications. Next one one is about the fortifications around Amsterdam. These webinars are in the Dutch language. On the website of "The Menno" you can find older versions.
Webinar MvC: di 08-04-2025 19.30u
Vestingwerken rond de hoofdstad tussen 1880-1920, de Stelling van Amsterdam, door Frits van Horn.
Voorgeschiedenis en voorlopers van de verdediging van Amsterdam. Voor een gratis link zie coehoorn.nl/om-te-weten/...
#mvc #webinar #verdedigingserfgoed #stva #forten
Vestingwerken rond de hoofdstad tussen 1880-1920, de Stelling van Amsterdam, door Frits van Horn.
Voorgeschiedenis en voorlopers van de verdediging van Amsterdam. Voor een gratis link zie coehoorn.nl/om-te-weten/...
#mvc #webinar #verdedigingserfgoed #stva #forten
April 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
These webinars with fortifications as red line are a good source to begin your journey in the world of fortifications. Next one one is about the fortifications around Amsterdam. These webinars are in the Dutch language. On the website of "The Menno" you can find older versions.
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The area of Cherbourg has it share of bunkers in all kinds of use and some are special. This is a picture of a commandbunker type 608, this one has a non standard observationpost added. It was once covered by a steel plate (probably a 7P7 -10cm thick). It is located at MKB Brommy.
March 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The area of Cherbourg has it share of bunkers in all kinds of use and some are special. This is a picture of a commandbunker type 608, this one has a non standard observationpost added. It was once covered by a steel plate (probably a 7P7 -10cm thick). It is located at MKB Brommy.
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Battle field tour Dordrecht (10-13 mei 1940) Villa en Koetshuis Weizlicht. De bruggen.
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Battle field tour Dordrecht (10-13 mei 1940) Villa en Koetshuis Weizlicht. De bruggen.
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Bezoek aan (en krans gelegd op) 🇳🇱 ereveld
Menteng Pulo, beheerd door Oorlogsgravenstichting.
Menteng Pulo, beheerd door Oorlogsgravenstichting.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Bezoek aan (en krans gelegd op) 🇳🇱 ereveld
Menteng Pulo, beheerd door Oorlogsgravenstichting.
Menteng Pulo, beheerd door Oorlogsgravenstichting.
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De bunker van nazi-Rijkscommissaris Seyss-Inquart in Wassenaar staat vanaf volgende maand te koop. Na veel discussie, en de koper mag er niet zomaar alles mee doen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Te koop: de bunker van Seyss-Inquart (maar je mag er niet alles mee doen)
Beladen erfgoed: De bunker van nazi-Rijkscommissaris Seyss-Inquart in Wassenaar staat vanaf volgende maand te koop. Na veel discussie, en de koper mag er niet zomaar alles mee doen.
www.nrc.nl
February 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
De bunker van nazi-Rijkscommissaris Seyss-Inquart in Wassenaar staat vanaf volgende maand te koop. Na veel discussie, en de koper mag er niet zomaar alles mee doen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Almost 20 years ago i had a very bad experience when on vacation to France, tents flew through the air in the night and it was raining for most of the week but luckily there also was a day of sun, so here is a sunny 621 crewshelter at the airfield north of Calais (Stp Brück - Wn d).
February 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Almost 20 years ago i had a very bad experience when on vacation to France, tents flew through the air in the night and it was raining for most of the week but luckily there also was a day of sun, so here is a sunny 621 crewshelter at the airfield north of Calais (Stp Brück - Wn d).
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Vijf jaar geleden trad het VK uit de EU. Goede of slechte zaak? Kwestie van opinie.
*Hoe* de beslissing werd genomen was echter een schoolvoorbeeld van hoe je dat *niet* doet.
ICYMI, mijn @apache.be stukje, De valstrik van alles behalve dit:
https://buff.ly/414atA6
*Hoe* de beslissing werd genomen was echter een schoolvoorbeeld van hoe je dat *niet* doet.
ICYMI, mijn @apache.be stukje, De valstrik van alles behalve dit:
https://buff.ly/414atA6
February 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Vijf jaar geleden trad het VK uit de EU. Goede of slechte zaak? Kwestie van opinie.
*Hoe* de beslissing werd genomen was echter een schoolvoorbeeld van hoe je dat *niet* doet.
ICYMI, mijn @apache.be stukje, De valstrik van alles behalve dit:
https://buff.ly/414atA6
*Hoe* de beslissing werd genomen was echter een schoolvoorbeeld van hoe je dat *niet* doet.
ICYMI, mijn @apache.be stukje, De valstrik van alles behalve dit:
https://buff.ly/414atA6
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Somme: Albert-Bapaume Road. In this latest Old Front Line #podcast we take a major pathway across the Western Front battlefields - the Albert-Bapaume Road on the Somme, and we discuss what the 'culture' of The Old Front Line might be.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/01/25/s...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/01/25/s...
Somme: Albert-Bapaume Road
Is there a ‘culture’ surrounding The Old Front Line? One that helps define it and enables us to understand that landscape of the First World War? If so, what is it, and how can we under…
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January 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Somme: Albert-Bapaume Road. In this latest Old Front Line #podcast we take a major pathway across the Western Front battlefields - the Albert-Bapaume Road on the Somme, and we discuss what the 'culture' of The Old Front Line might be.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/01/25/s...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/01/25/s...
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This gigantic hangar in Écausseville was for airships of the French navy (1919). Aviation made these buildings obsolete and the hangar was decommissioned in 1927. After DDay in 1944, the Americans used it as a storage and maintenance center for vehicles and tanks. #urbex youtu.be/CdM4tFmAhtk?...
Gigantic Airship Hangar French Navy
YouTube video by KM Military History
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January 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This gigantic hangar in Écausseville was for airships of the French navy (1919). Aviation made these buildings obsolete and the hangar was decommissioned in 1927. After DDay in 1944, the Americans used it as a storage and maintenance center for vehicles and tanks. #urbex youtu.be/CdM4tFmAhtk?...
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glasnegatieven en celluloidnegatieven van de amateurfotograaf
Collectie van Leonard Baruch te Haarlem,
235 - strand Scheveningen
Baruch, L. 1905-1978
Licentie:
InC 1.0 Auteursrechtelijk beschermd
NHArchief
Collectie van Leonard Baruch te Haarlem,
235 - strand Scheveningen
Baruch, L. 1905-1978
Licentie:
InC 1.0 Auteursrechtelijk beschermd
NHArchief
January 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
glasnegatieven en celluloidnegatieven van de amateurfotograaf
Collectie van Leonard Baruch te Haarlem,
235 - strand Scheveningen
Baruch, L. 1905-1978
Licentie:
InC 1.0 Auteursrechtelijk beschermd
NHArchief
Collectie van Leonard Baruch te Haarlem,
235 - strand Scheveningen
Baruch, L. 1905-1978
Licentie:
InC 1.0 Auteursrechtelijk beschermd
NHArchief
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In the Mastenbos near Kapellen (Belgium) there is a nice piece of the Antwerpenstellung that was made in WW1 by the Germans, it was built far form the real battlegrounds in France and Flanders. It was to prevent a Allied attack over the river Scheld to capture Antwerp and its harbours.
January 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In the Mastenbos near Kapellen (Belgium) there is a nice piece of the Antwerpenstellung that was made in WW1 by the Germans, it was built far form the real battlegrounds in France and Flanders. It was to prevent a Allied attack over the river Scheld to capture Antwerp and its harbours.
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I know many of you haven't even gotten your copy of #defendingnormandy Vol.1B yet, but since plenty of people are already asking about Vol.2, here's a preview of what will probably be in it 😎
January 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I know many of you haven't even gotten your copy of #defendingnormandy Vol.1B yet, but since plenty of people are already asking about Vol.2, here's a preview of what will probably be in it 😎
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One of the more known Army coastalbatteries in Normandy is the Heeres Küsten Battery Crisbecq at St. Marcouf. Hereunder you find what was needed to built the new big (3.5m thick) gun-casemates (type 683 for the 21cm K39/41).
Document comes from the BAMA Archive -R 50-I/292- www.bunkersite.com
Document comes from the BAMA Archive -R 50-I/292- www.bunkersite.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:09 PM
One of the more known Army coastalbatteries in Normandy is the Heeres Küsten Battery Crisbecq at St. Marcouf. Hereunder you find what was needed to built the new big (3.5m thick) gun-casemates (type 683 for the 21cm K39/41).
Document comes from the BAMA Archive -R 50-I/292- www.bunkersite.com
Document comes from the BAMA Archive -R 50-I/292- www.bunkersite.com