The Other
Batteries around Sicherungstellung Nord. |
The
Ullerupvej Battery
An
anti aircraft battery composed of 2 FLAK guns (FLAK= FLug Abwehr
Kanone) under command of the Zeppelin base in Tönder.
A room of timber were placed in a barrow, there were two tunnels into it,
one from the east and one
from
the west.
On the walls of both the room and the tunnels were mounted shelves, where
the 1800 shells were placed.
The Battery had a single opportunity for combat.
The crew were notified before the English air raid against the base at
Tönder. (The first attack in military history launched from an
air craft carrier) in
1918.
The
crew were Catholics and had just been celebrating some religious occasions
and didn’t answer the telephone.
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88 mm FLAK (Flug Abwer Kanone) 1. VK |
The
Aarö Battery
The battery was under command of the naval base in Aarösund. A
naval horse propelled 15 cm haubits batteries has been
mounted here for a period.
In 1918 four pjeces of 10.5 cm guns arrived, but were never mounted.
To the north, very modern fire control stations with a very powerful
floodlight were placed. From
here both the first and the
second gun could be directed by telephone.
The Aarösund Battery
This battery was also under command of the naval base Aarösund. The main
target was some minefields in the Lillebält.
The
battery was composed of four 10.5 cm. guns placed behind some rampages. In
the middle of the battery the command
station was placed. A large munitions store was placed in a hill behind the battery.
It
used the same fire control station as the
Aarö-battery.
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10,5 cm haubits |
The
Stevelt
Battery
A
third battery under command of the naval
base Aarösund. Assumable
a horse propelled 15 cm haubits battery with three guns.
It was planned to have 6
guns, but this never happened
Main target was protection of the minefields and the naval entrance to Haderslev
Fjord.
The Tved Battery
Flak-battery under command of the Zeppelin base in Tönder
The Abild Battery
Flak-battery under command of the Zeppelin base in Tönder
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90 mm FLAK 1.VK |
The
Hömlund Battery
Prepared
but never mounted battery at 3 barrows west of the road Spandet-Ribe, 500
meters from the Danish border.
Main target assumable was the road from the city Ribe.
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