29 days ago
The Local France
READ MORE: 22 of the biggest myths about French historyAbout eight decades later, hundreds – if not thousands – of these now-dilapidated bunkers remain in place on French beaches. The bunkers were built to withstand an invasion, so demolishing them is not easy. “A lot of French construction companies got very rich out of building the Wall,” Jerome Prieur, author of a 2010 book, Le Mur Atlantique, told the BBC in an interview. Prieur explained to the BBC that “after the war, France needed those same companies for the task of reconstruction. Now 70 years old, the bunkers stand as a reminder of a difficult and painful, but nonetheless important, part of France’s history.
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