Bunquer a Los Bassals / Bunker in Los Bassals
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Al estiu i tardor del 1938, les forces republicanes feren una considerable i totalment desaprofitada tasca de fortificació de la reraguarda del front del Segre. Es planificaren 6 linies de defensa, però només es completaren parcialment la L1 i la L2.
Als turons que separen Les Garrigues de la Conca de Barberà hi ha un sector fortificat que crec que formava part de la linea L2. Controlaba la carretera que va de Les Borges Blanques a Tarrés passant per L'Espluga Calba i Fulleda. Desconec si hi ha fortificacions a la propera i molt més important N-240, que comunica Lleida amb Tarragona...
Entorn Los Bassals i Roca Tomasa hi ha un mínim de set bunquers, i potser mes, controlant la carretera. Tots son cubics i molt petits, quasi sense espai ni per una ametralladora. Aquest de la imatge es troba just sota les restes d'un que potser era un lloc d'observació i comandament. Tot plegat no va servir per res i foren abandonats en la retirada republicana del gener del 1939.
Foto presa amb una Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic de la USAAF (Ground Camera C-3), fabricada el 1944 i que potser serví amb les unitats aeries americanes a Europa o el Pacific; objectiu Kodak Ektar f4.7 127mm fabricat el 1941; pelicula Ilford FP4+ 125, revelada amb HC110.
ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/lespluga-calba-fortificac...
www.griegc.com/ca/2018/03/15/les-linies-de-defensa-de-cat...
excursionsdeljoanramon.blogspot.com/2018/12/per-10-nius-d...
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In the summer and autumn of 1938, during the spanish Civil War, the Republican forces made a considerable and totally misused task of fortification of the rearguard areas of the Segre front. Six lines of defense were planned, but only the L1 and L2 were partially completed.
In the hills that separate Les Garrigues de la Conca de Barberà there is a fortified sector that I think was part of the L2 line. It controlled the road from Les Borges Blanques to Tarrés through L'Espluga Calba and Fulleda.
Arround the Los Bassals and Roca Tomasa hills, there is a minimum of seven bunkers, and perhaps more, controlling the road. They are all cube shaped and very small, almost without space for a machine gun, only submachine-guns or rifles. All this efforts were abandoned in the Republican retreat in January 1939.
Picture taken with a Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic used by the USAAF (Ground Camera C-3), produced in 1944 and which perhaps served with American air units in Europe or the Pacific; Kodak Ektar f4.7 127mm lens, made in 1941; Ilford FP4 + 125 film, developed with HC110.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia_Offensive
Bunquer a Los Bassals / Bunker in Los Bassals
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Al estiu i tardor del 1938, les forces republicanes feren una considerable i totalment desaprofitada tasca de fortificació de la reraguarda del front del Segre. Es planificaren 6 linies de defensa, però només es completaren parcialment la L1 i la L2.
Als turons que separen Les Garrigues de la Conca de Barberà hi ha un sector fortificat que crec que formava part de la linea L2. Controlaba la carretera que va de Les Borges Blanques a Tarrés passant per L'Espluga Calba i Fulleda. Desconec si hi ha fortificacions a la propera i molt més important N-240, que comunica Lleida amb Tarragona...
Entorn Los Bassals i Roca Tomasa hi ha un mínim de set bunquers, i potser mes, controlant la carretera. Tots son cubics i molt petits, quasi sense espai ni per una ametralladora. Aquest de la imatge es troba just sota les restes d'un que potser era un lloc d'observació i comandament. Tot plegat no va servir per res i foren abandonats en la retirada republicana del gener del 1939.
Foto presa amb una Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic de la USAAF (Ground Camera C-3), fabricada el 1944 i que potser serví amb les unitats aeries americanes a Europa o el Pacific; objectiu Kodak Ektar f4.7 127mm fabricat el 1941; pelicula Ilford FP4+ 125, revelada amb HC110.
ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/lespluga-calba-fortificac...
www.griegc.com/ca/2018/03/15/les-linies-de-defensa-de-cat...
excursionsdeljoanramon.blogspot.com/2018/12/per-10-nius-d...
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In the summer and autumn of 1938, during the spanish Civil War, the Republican forces made a considerable and totally misused task of fortification of the rearguard areas of the Segre front. Six lines of defense were planned, but only the L1 and L2 were partially completed.
In the hills that separate Les Garrigues de la Conca de Barberà there is a fortified sector that I think was part of the L2 line. It controlled the road from Les Borges Blanques to Tarrés through L'Espluga Calba and Fulleda.
Arround the Los Bassals and Roca Tomasa hills, there is a minimum of seven bunkers, and perhaps more, controlling the road. They are all cube shaped and very small, almost without space for a machine gun, only submachine-guns or rifles. All this efforts were abandoned in the Republican retreat in January 1939.
Picture taken with a Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic used by the USAAF (Ground Camera C-3), produced in 1944 and which perhaps served with American air units in Europe or the Pacific; Kodak Ektar f4.7 127mm lens, made in 1941; Ilford FP4 + 125 film, developed with HC110.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia_Offensive