Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany. There were a total of 8 flak...

The Zoo flak tower (German: Flakturm Tiergarten, Tiergarten Flak Tower or commonly referred to as the "Zoo Tower") was a fortified flak tower that existed...

The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout...

German Flugabwehrkanone (Flak), for "aircraft defence cannon". Flak may also refer to: Flak tower, a defensive structure Flak, a fictional commanding officer...

needed] 12.8-cm-Flak on a flak tower Railcar-mounted Flak 40 at Ploiești, Romania in 1944 Flakzwilling 40 at US Army Ordnance Museum Flak 40/1 at the Bundeswehr...

area of around 4,000 square meters (43,000 sq ft) inside a tall concrete flak tower built during World War II. In 2012 the Haus des Meeres attracted a record...

that functioned as anti-aircraft artillery platforms were also called Flak towers. Some were over six stories high; several survive to this day because...

February – 3 March 1945 Schloss Immendorf fire, May 1945 Friedrichshain flak tower fire, May 1945 Ashiya District air raids, 5–6 August 1945 Quedlinburg...

German entrenchments and support from 12.8 cm FlaK 40 guns 2 km (1.2 mi) away on the roof of the Zoo flak tower, close by Berlin Zoo, it was not until that...

Schönhorst is a local center within the municipality Schönkirchen in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The exact year of the foundation...

the moat, but accurate fire from 12.8 cm FlaK 40 anti-aircraft guns, two kilometres away high on the flak tower close by the Berlin Zoo, prevented any further...

The 1st Flak Division (German: 1. Flak-Division) was a Flak division of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. Its primary and most noteworthy function...

During World War II the water tower provided a marking point by the allied planes for the bombing of the heavy anti aircraft flak battery in Degerloch. This...

Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from...

Towering over the park are two anti-aircraft Flak Towers, built by the Nazis in 1944. After the war, as the towers were unable to be destroyed, so they were...

stories high, which were known as Hochbunker 'high bunkers' or "Flaktürme" flak towers, on which they placed anti-aircraft artillery. Those in cities attacked...

(HJ), the term more commonly used is Flakhelfer (female: Flakhelferin) (Flak-helper). The 1926–1929 births are commonly referred to as the "Flakhelfer-Generation"...

predators and other dangerous animals. Next to the zoo stood the Zoo Tower, a huge flak tower that was one of the last remaining areas of Nazi German resistance...

Anti-aircraft artillery Flak tower in Rajamäki that was constructed during the Winter War of 1939–1940. There was a distillery near this Flak tower....

control point (ECP) Electric fence Fallout shelter Fire support base Flak tower Hardened aircraft shelter Hesco bastion Kabal Loophole Main line of resistance...

The 3rd Flak Division (German: Flak-Division 3) was a Flak division of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. Its primary function during the...

Heiligengeistfeld, and is overlooked by the infamous[according to whom?] Flak Tower IV to the north and a building of the Deutsche Telekom to the south.[citation...

supporting Bomber Command with electronic countermeasures. Battle of the Beams Flak tower List of World War II electronic warfare equipment Bowman 2016, p. 144...

defence (flak towers) to protect the inner city from Allied bombing. During summer 1944 the construction of a 55-metre (180 ft) high tower with platforms...

exhibitions since 1863. With the intensifying Allied bombing of Hamburg the "Flak tower" Flakturm IV structure was erected on Heiligengeistfeld starting in 1942...

ancient and medieval military engineering, embrasures were constructed in towers and walls. A loophole, arrow loop or arrowslit passes through a solid wall...

bombers based in Italy. As in other major cities of Nazi Germany, large flak towers were constructed in Vienna as defensive structures against these bombers...

Castellum A castellum in Latin is usually: a small Roman fortlet or tower, a diminutive of castrum ('military camp'), often used as a watchtower or signal...

park, finished in 1876, from 1942 was the site of two large flak towers. The northern tower, due to its location near the Ringbahn tracks, was not blown...

War II. It was stored in the Friedrichshain flak tower in Berlin for safe keeping, but in May 1945, the tower was set on fire and most of the objects inside...