Linney Head - Regelbau 58, example 1

Following the evacuation of French and British forces from France in 1940, plans were put into force that would see the recruitment, rearming and training of a new army tasked with the liberation of Europe. While it would be another 4 years until this would be initiated, a major campaign was waged against the Italian and German Axis forces across North Africa. It was during the lightning campaign by British and Imperial forces on Tobruk in order to take it from the Italians that the British are likely to have first come across the small sunken machine-gun posts. As training became more sophisticated, replica German defences began to spring up across the country.

Assault training also took place at Linney Head in Pembrokeshire, on the south Wales coast. The ranges are now known as Castlemartin Ranges (CMR). The site had already been, and still remains, an anti-tank training range. This training expanded to assault techniques when replica German beach and inland strong-points were constructed. The published story of the remarkable 79th Armoured Division refers to replicas being constructed west of Orford in Suffolk and also at Linney Head. Practical trials in assault techniques were conducted by the Division here in August and September 1943.

You can read my full article at frontlineulster.co.uk/german-machine-gun-posts-at-linney-...

Taken on: August 25, 2025

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