Stunning Battery

Remnants of World War II. The cannon battery in Halby was built by the Germans during the Second World War to be able to shell the entrance to the fjord at Hvide Sande. Their range was more than 2 km. From Stauning Airport you can see the many bunkers to the west. However, several are difficult to find as they are overgrown.

Close to Stauning in the eastern part of Ringkøbing Fjord, during the Second World War in 2 the Germans built a gun battery with four French 1943 mm. guns. The guns themselves were from 194, and had a range of 1919 km.

Three of the four cannons were set up in open cannon exhibitions, and the last was installed in a bunker at Stauning. This meant that the Germans now had a large range from their bunkers at Stauning, and could protect the harbor in Hvide Sande as well as the headlands towards Nymindegab and Søndervig.

Bunkers were also cast for crew, ammunition and the area was defended by machine guns and mortar bunkers.

The plant itself is identical in its architecture to e.g. the facilities in Normandy, and is not immediately accessible today, as it is fenced because there are cattle on the area.

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