Parc des Blockhaus, Lagord - World War II Sites on Waymarking.com

[FR] Le vice-amiral Ernst Schirlitz, chargé du commandement sur la côte Atlantique devient le 20 août 1944 commandant de la poche de La Rochelle. Comme tous les autres commandants de ces poches fortifiées, Schirlitz a l'ordre, au cas où il ne serait pas en mesure de résister aux attaques ennemies, de détruire la totalité des installations portuaires de La Rochelle et de La Pallice. Il a sous ses ordres 18 000 hommes (unités de marines, forces terrestres et civils allemands travaillant dans les arsenaux).
Cette poche comprenant la commune de Lagord, le château du Clavier devient rapidement un des nombreux quartiers généraux allemands de la région. Ainsi, le parc du château du Clavier comporte 18 blockhaus qui servaient à l'entreposage de bombes et de torpilles.

[EN] The Vice-Admiral Ernst Schirlitz, in charge of the command on the Atlantic coast becomes August 20, 1944 commander of the area of La Rochelle. Like all the other commanders of these fortified places, Schirlitz ordered, in case he was unable to withstand enemy attacks, to destroy all the port facilities of La Rochelle and La Pallice. He had 18,000 men under his command (naval units, land forces and German civilians working in the arsenals).

This area included the town of Lagord that's why the castle of Clavier quickly becomes one of the many German headquarters of the region. Thus, the park of the Castle of Clavier includes 18 blockhouses which were used for the storage of bombs and torpedoes.

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