2
Name: J.E.
Kaufmann
Country: USA
E-mail: joek"alt"txdirect.net
Area of Interest: European fortifications 1920-1945
Languages: English
Published Material: The Sleeping Giant: American Armed Forces Between The Wars. (1996);
The Maginot Line: None Shall Pass. (1997); Maginot
Imitations: Major Fortifications Of Germany And Neighboring Countries. (1997);
Fortress Europe, (1999); Medieval Fortress, (2001)
Internet: http://www.siteo.net/
Extra Information:
3
Name: Lee
Unterborn
Country: USA
E-mail: lunterborn"alt"aol.com
Area of Interest: 19th and 20th Century Fortifications, Coast Artillery
Languages: English, limited reading ability in French and German
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
4
Name: Markku
Airila
Country: Finland
E-mail: mk.airila"alt"luukku.com
Area of Interest: Finnish Coast and Land Defenses of WWII
Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
5
Name: Olle
Dahlquist
Country: Sweden
E-mail: olle"alt"feelit.se
Area of Interest: Swedish fortifications of Boden
Languages: Swedish, English, limited German and French
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
6
Name:
Dag Sundkuist
Country:
Norway
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
General: Coast Defenses of Europé
Specialty: Naval/Fortress artillery, Torpedo Launchers
Languages:
Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English
Published Material:
English language summaries on Norwegian/Danish/Swedish
Coast and Land Defenses, one booklet in Norwegian on Drammen's defenses, now
out of print
Internet:
Extra Information:
7
Name:
Patrice Lang
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
General: Maginot Line
Speciality: Old Fronts (Maginot Line Proper), RF of
Metz
Languages:
French, English, Spanish
Published Material:
Internet:
Mon site sur l'Ouvrage Immerhof:
My site about the Ouvrage Immerhof:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9173/
Extra Information:
8
Name:
Patrice Wijnands
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
patrice-wijnands’alt’gmx.de
Area of Interest:
General: Fortifications from 1900 to 1945
Specialty: West Wall, Dutch and Belgian bunkers
Languages:
Dutch, German, English, and some French
Published Material:Published material Münsterbusch,
eine Westwalloase im Stadtgebiet. In DAWA 25/26 (1995, reviewed 2002),
Der Westwall bei Roetgen. In DAWA 31 (1998)
Die Bunkeranlagen im Ettlinger Riegel. In DAWA 40 (2002)
Internet: http//www.student.citg.tudelft.nl/g9978141/Westwallinfo.htm
Extra Information:
9
Name: Peter Waltje
Country: Germany
E-mail: p.waltje’alt’web.de
Area of Interest: Air Defence Zone West (Luftverteidigungszone
West) 2. German
Fortifications
in Poland (Festungsfront Oder-Warthe Bogen; Oder Linie;
Pommernstellung)
3. Atlantik Wall in the Pas-de-Calais and the Channel
Islands
4. V- Weapon Sites in the Nord Pas-de-Calais and in West
Germany
(Hunsrueck, Eifel, Westerwald)
Languages: German,
English, French. Can read a little bit of Dutch.
Published Material: 1. FEMO, Magazin fuer Festungsforschung und Modellbau, Nr. 1, from Feb.
1995;
2. Kleine Festungswissenschaftliche Handbibliothek Band 1 - 7
Reprints
of older german instructions). In preparation: Band 8
My
group published the following titles (all in German):
FEMO,
Magazin fuer Festungsforschung und Modellbau, Nr. 1, from feb. 1995
Kleine
Festungswissenschaftliche Handbibliothek Band 1 - 5 (These are reprints of
german instructions). In preparation: Band 6
Internet: http://www.krawa.info
Extra Information: Privat
museum area with 2 restored bunkers of the
Air
Defence Zone West.
10
Name:
L.C.A. van Midden
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
West Wall
Languages:
Dutch, English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
11
Name:
John Hellis
Country:
UK
E-mail:
john"alt"tinyonline.co.uk OR jhellis’alt’supanet.com
Area of Interest:
Pillboxes (world wide)
Speciality: British anti-invasion measures
Also: Defence of Britain project Taunton - Somerset -
England - TA1 4Ja and co-ordinator for the Pillbox Study Group
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
12
Name:
Clayton Donnell
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Maginot Line, Brialmont's Liege fortifications, German
feste gruppen
Languages:
English, French
Published Material:
Internet:
http://www.geocities.com/maginot.geo
Extra Information:
13
Name:
Charlie Woods
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Speciality: Artillery
Languages:
English, limited reading ability in German, has
translation software for most European for international inquiries
Published Material:
CINC Spec Sheets: Computer reference of about 1800
ground weapons used during 1939-1945.
For more info visit his website.
Internet:
http://members.aol.com/CRWoods2/cinc.html
Extra Information:
14
Name:
Brian Chin
Country:
USA
E-mail:
hdsf’alt’comcast.net
Area of Interest:
General: American fortifications Specialty: San
Fransciso's WWII defenses
Languages:
English, French
Published Material:
Artillery At The Golden Gate: The Harbor Defenses Of
Seacoast Cannon Coloring Book, Pictorial Histories
Publ. 1995
Internet:
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/sanfranartillery/
Extra Information:
15
Name:
Terry Sofian
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Coast Defense Specialty: Coastal Weapons Technical
Data 1900-1956, Coastal Defenses Tactical Histories and Data, 1850- 1956
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
16
Name:
Ove Enqvist
Country:
Finland
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
General: Coastal fortifications
Specialty: Finnish Coastal Guns
Languages:
Finnish, Swedish, English
Published Material:
Mäkiluoto (Fort Makiluoto), 1981
Isosaari ja Kuivasaari (
Vallisaari (Fort Vallisaari), 1988
Järvö (Fort Jarvo), 1988
Robert Kajanuksen sauna ja huvila, 1990
Suomenlinnan Rannikkotykistökilta, 1962-1992
Kuivasaari (Fort Kuivasaari), 1995
Rannikkotykistökoulu 1969-1994 (Coast Artillery
School), 1995
Mäkiluoto (Fort Makiluoto, extended edition), 1996
Järvö (extended edition), 1998
Varuskunnasta Maailmanperinnöksi (Suomenlinna 1917-97)
1998)
Itsenäisen Suomen rannikkotykit 1918-1998 (Coastal
guns of the independent Finland 1918-1998)
Itsenäisen Suomen rannikkotykit 1918-1998 (Coastal
guns of the independent Finland 1918-1998)
Internet:
http://www.oktanet.fi/personal/ove/
Extra Information:
17
Name:
David Varner
Country:
Czech Republic
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
General: Czech fortifications
He can forward technical questions to members of his
group.
Specialty: Translation
He can help you with words not found in a dictionary
Languages:
Czech, English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
18
Name:
Mark Berhow
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Coast Defenses
Speciality: US Coast Defenses
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Rings Of Supersonic Steel, A Brief History And Guide
To The
Founder and editor of the Fort MacArthur Alert,
historical publication of the Fort MacArthur Museum Association, 1988-
Publisher, CDSG Journal and CDSG Newsletter, 1995-
Internet:
Extra Information:
19
Name:
Ladislav Ruzicka
Country:
Czech Republic
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Czech fortifications
Languages:
Czech, English, can read Polish
Published Material:
Internet:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4230/Brezeng.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8414/Forts.html
Extra Information:
20
Name:
Nicolas Braun
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
French and German Fortifications
Specialty: METZ/THIONVILLE 1870-1918, Maginot Line
Languages:
French, English and limited German
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
President of R.L.D
21
Name:
Michel van Best
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Interests: military) complexes, camps,
museums/monuments, war production,war equipment
Languages:
English, Dutch, German
Published Material:
Internet:
Atlantikwall Website:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/6550 Deals with the German
Atlantikwall
Places of World War II Web site:
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7087/
Deals with places that have a connection with World
War II.
The subjects are divided into complexes, camps,
museums/monuments and war production.
The site also includes fortification related items.
Extra Information:
22
Name:
Lucas Tsatiris
Country:
Greece
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Greek Fortifications
Languages:
Greek, English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
23
Name:
Krzysztof Pawlik
Country:
Poland
E-mail:
pawlik"alt"fanthom.math.put.poznan.pl
Area of Interest:
Polish fortifications
Languages:
Polish, English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
24
Name:
Frank Philippart
Country:
Belgium
E-mail:
fphilippart"alt"be.safmarine.com
Area of Interest:
Atlantikwall, Maginot Line, Westwall, WW-I bunkers,
Belgian
forts, British off-shore forts
Languages:
Dutch, French, English, German
Published Material:
De AtlantikWall aan de
De Batterij Hundius in Oostende. Co-authored with
Emmanuel Leysen. Dutch Text. 26 pages. 1997
Internet:
Extra Information:Member of the board of the Simon
Stevinstichting and coordinator of WMF
("Werkgroep Moderne Fortificatie") which is
a section of the Simon
Stevinsstichting
25
Name:
Rene Roede
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Atlantic Wall and German fortifications
Languages:
Dutch, English, German and a little French
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
26
Name:
Jaroslaw Chorzepa
Country:
Poland
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Main interest is modern fortification 1870 - Present),
especially armoured forts, and old castles
Languages:
Polish, can read English, German and Czech
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
Editor of FORTECA
27
Name:
Leif Högberg
Country:
Sweden
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Fortification in general, especially Maginot Line and
Atlanticwall, plus the Swedish fortification lines and coastal defence
Languages:
English, Swedish, Danish, reads and understands German
(can speak it if necessary)
Published Material:
A book about Per Albin-line in southern Sweden.
Planning to make the next one about coastal defence.
Internet:
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/6013/
Extra Information:
28
Name:
Ismael Barba-Garcia
Country:
Spain
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Interests: Spanish Medieval fortifications, specially
in the Crown of Castile.
Languages:
Spanish, English, limited French
Published Material:
Internet:
I have one site about castles and city walls in
Castile Leon Central Northern Spain:
http://www.castillayleon.com/castillos/castle.html
Extra Information:
29
Name:
Bernard Paich
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Atlantik Wall in France
Specialty : Drawings and maps,
Languages:
French, English
Published Material:
Sub-editor of "39/45 Magazine", monthly
publication of Heimdal Publishing
Atlantikwall - Le Mur de l'Atlantique en France
1940-1944 co-authored with Alain Chazette and Alain Destouches, French text,
Heimdal publishing, 480 pages, 1995.
Débarquement à
Utah Beach 1944-1994 in 39/45 Magazine # 93 march
1994), French text
Internet:
Extra Information:
30
Name:
Jan Lugtmeijer
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Modern fortifications
Speciality: Atlantikwall
Languages:
English, Dutch, German
Published Material:
Internet:
Atlantikwall Bunker-Images
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/6189
Bunkers in de Ijssellinie
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/6189/ijssel.html
Extra Information:
31
Name:
François Hoff
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Specialities are French castles of the middle age and the
study of the Maginot Line and Forts of Metz, as a member and Secretary of
Association RLD
Languages:
French, English and a very little spoken German
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
32
Name:
Jóse Matrán Bea
Country:
Spain
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Speciality: Fortifications in Spain and Spanish
America, Spanish fortificatons of Cartagena
Languages:
Spanish and French
Published Material:
Internet:
http://www.arrakis.es/~jmatran/
Extra Information:
Member: Aforca (Amigos de las fortalezas y castillos
cartageneros).
33
Name:
Alain Lecomte
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Bastioned and polygonal fortifications, worldwide
Special interest : - Period 1850-1945- Technical devices motor-generators,
radios, armament designed for fortification)
Languages:
French, English, limited German
Published Material:
A few articles in Fort/Casemate (U.K.),
C.L.A.M. Belgium,
Archeologie-Bunker, France.
Internet:
http://members.aol.com/arlecomte/index.htm
Extra Information:
34
Name:
Ronald Kok
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
General: modern fortifications and some old one`s
(Dutch)
Speciality: Atlantikwall
Languages:
Dutch and a little English
Published Material:
Internet:
Atlantikwall Fortifications
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/8168/
Extra Information:
35
Name:
Kathy Barthen
Country:
USA/Ireland
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Castles, medieval periods
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Castles of Ireland
http://irelandnow.com/castles/castle1.html
Extra Information:
36
Name:
Charles Patrick
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Siege Warfare, airborne, amphibious and combined arms
operations
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Russian army tactics (1994),
Tactics of the Serb and Bosnian-Serb armies and
territorial militias, Slavic military review (1993),
report on Tactics of the Serb and Bosinian-Serb Armies
and Territroial Militias for
Internet:
Extra Information:
37
Name:
Dr. Nicholas Robinson
Country:
UK
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Rail artillery
Languages:
English and French
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
38
Name:
Bob Baal
Country:
NZ
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
General Fortification and modern Missile and Radar
systems
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Russian Missiles and Space Launchers
Home page of the Fortress Study Group
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/3337/
Extra Information:
39
Name:
CDR C.B.Robbins, USN Ret.
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Coast Defense Fortifications 1850-Present
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
40
Name:
Mark Stannius
Country:
Denmark
E-mail:
mark.stannius"alt"worldonline.dk
Area of Interest:
Atlantic Wall
Languages:
English, Danish, German
Published Material:
Internet:
The Atlanticwall in Denmark
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2727
Extra Information:
41
Name:
Alex Newman
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Festung Gesellschaft
Have worked in surveying, reinforced concrete, have
built field fortifications. Have taken NVA field fortifications. Have direct
experience with American Civil War construction, French Indochinese construction,
US and Vietse.
Languages:
English, Russian, some German, French, Spanish, Vietse
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
42
Name:
Andrew Bennett
Country:
USA
E-mail:
andy_bennett"alt"mindspring.com
Area of Interest:
US coastal fortification, Palmerston forts of the UK
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
http://andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com/coastal.html
Extra Information:
43
Name:
Lise Hull
Country:
USA
E-mail:
castlesu"alt"aol.com
Area of Interest:
British Castles
Languages:
English
Published Material: British castles, several
articles published - I write columns for Ninnau, the North American Welsh
Newspaper and Renaissance Magazine, and have been published in a variety of
print and online publications. Recently published book on Scotland for Times
Media.
Internet:
The Castle Enthusiast Newsletter. Each issue features
a different British castle's history and architecture.
Extra Information:
44
Name:
Jo Vermeulen
Country:
Belgium
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Brialmont's Liege fortresses
Languages:
English, French, Dutch
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
45
Name:
Terry J Gander
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
General interest in 20th Century fortifications and
artillery
Languages:
English, limited French and German
Published Material:
Jane's Yearbooks
Titles:
Jane's Ammunition Handbook,
Jane's Infantry Weapons
Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics
Weapons of The Third Reich,
German Artillery 1939-1945,
German Infantry Weapons 1939-1945,
total of 30 books and numerous articles.
Internet:
Extra Information:
46
Name:
John Bray
Country:
UK
E-mail:
johnbray’alt’gmail.com
Area of Interest:
British Fortifications
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Site O UK website
http://manse.johnbray.org.uk/siteowiki
Extra Information:
47
Name:
Bart Van Bulck
Country:
Belgium
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Fortifications, (military) complexes,
museums/momuments, war production
Languages:
English, Dutch
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
48
Name:
Nuno J. Rubim
Country:
Portugal
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Portuguese Metropolitan and Overseas Fortifications
Artillery
Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, some Italian
Published Material:
Several Artillery and Fortification articles (in
Portuguese) in the "Revista de Artilharia"
Internet:
Extra Information:
49
Name:
Bernard Bour
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
German Fortifications 1870-1918
Languages:
French, German, English
Published Material:
CEF-SHME 189 pages 1981 Text in German.
"Le Fort de Mutzig 1893-1918" French version
of "Die Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II" with a lot of new pictures and
plans.
CEF-SHME 200 pages. Text Frencht in French
Internet:
Extra Information:
50
Name:
Jean Philippe Guichard
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
XIX century fortifications -Maginot Line
Languages:
French, Enlish, Spanish
Published Material:
Internet:
Web Site for "Le Mur" Association
http://www.club-internet.fr/perso/guijp/
Extra Information:
51
Name:
Peter Hibbs
Country:
UK
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Specific interest: (of forts and artillery) is in the
South Coast Martello Towers of England, but am interested in 19th-20th century
fortification in general
Languages:
English and basic German
Published Material:
Internet:
http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/history/
Extra Information:
52
Name:
Ed McCaul
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
American Civil War Artillery and Fortifications
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
53
Name:
John Sloan
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Russia and Ukraine fortifications and artillery,
European castles
Languages:
English and Russian
Published Material:
Internet:
http://members.xoom.com/Rushistory/xenophon.htm
Extra Information:
54
Name:
Louis Ng
Country:
Hong Kong
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Chinese and British fortifications in Hong Kong
Languages:
English, Chinese
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
55
Name:
Pierre Finas
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
All fortifications until beginning of XXth century
Languages:
French, limited writing ability in English (I read it
well)
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
56
Name:
John Duchesneau (alias John M. Gould)
Country:
E-mail: jmgould39’alt’yahoo.com
Area of Interest:
American coastal fortifications and artillery.
Specialty: 3rd System Forts and Heavy Artillery of the
1800's.
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Center for Fort Preservation and Tourism
http://www.geocities.com/~jmgould/forts.html
Extra Information:
57
Name:
John Morris
Country:
E-mail:
springfield.arsena’alt’erols.com
Area of Interest:
Tube artillery, all ages, all types
Languages:
English, limited German, Artillerese Numerous articles
in THE ARTILLERYMAN and TRIDENT.
Published Material:
Internet:
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/9688/
Extra Information:
58
Name:
Dan Rowbottom
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Puget Sound and Columbia River coast defence General;
Fortifications from 1860 to present
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
Build coast defense models as a hobby
59
Name:
Chris Jones
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
17th and 18th Century fortifications, esp. those of
Marshal Vauban
Languages:
English and rudimentary [very rudimentary!] French
Published Material:
Internet:
The Marshal Vauban Website / The Fortress Ring
http://members.tripod.com/~Marshal_Vauban/fortring.htm
Extra Information:
60
Name:
Albert D. McJoynt
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
History of Western European Warfare
Speciality late medieval era and American Revolution.
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Books: Edited (with extensive two-part introduction)
W.H. Prescott's "The Art of War in Spain: The Conquestof Granada 1481-1492
GreenHill, London, 1995).
Magazine and encyclopedia articles on Rochambeau in
American Revolution; various military leaders of the 17th through 20th
centuries, joint and combined operations (historic and modern).
Internet:
Medieval French warfare (Western Europe)
http://xenophongroup.com/montjoie/oriflam.htm
French in American Revolution
http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/ep_web.htm
Extra Information:
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Name:
Radek Hrabcak
Country:
E-mail:
xhrabcak"alt"informatics.muni.cz
Area of Interest:
Europé fortification from this century, especially the
Czech fortification from the years 1935-1938. I'm a member of military-history
club, which is maintaining museum of the Czech fortification - casemate K-S 5.
Languages:
Czech, English, limited German, I think I can read
Polish
Published Material:
Internet:
Casemate K-S 5 "U potoka" (sorry, not the whole
site available in English and German, just a part)
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xhrabcak/k5/
Photos of casemates from fortified sector Moravian
Ostrava in Czech republic (available in English and Czech)
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xhrabcak/mo/
Extra Information:
62
Name:
Vladimir Kalinin
Country:
Russia
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Vladivostok fortress and Russian Pacific Harbor
Defence of WWII period
Languages:
Russian, English, Polish (can read), Ukranian
Published Material:
1. Ajushin N.B., Kalinin V.I., Vorobiev S.A.,
Gavrilkin N.V. Fortress
Vladivostok. Ostrov: Saint Petersburg, 2001, 264 p.
(in Russian, English
summary, contents and all the captions)
2. Kalinin W., Gawrylkin M., Worobiew S., Stognij D.,
Enqvist O., Chorzepa
J. Najdluzszy Pancernik Swiata. Niezwykla Historia
Wiez Artilerii Glownej
Pancernika "Poltawa" oraz ich Nadbreznych
Stanowisk. [The Longest Battleship
in the World. The Turrets of the Battleship
"Poltawa" in the Coast Defense].
Forteca: Przasnysz. 2000. 60 p. (in Polish, English
summary and all the
captions)
3. A numerous articles in Forteca, Coast Defense
Journal, 39/45 Magazines
and others
Internet:
http://www.dvgu.ru/rus/region/culture/fort/
Extra Information:
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Name:
Valery Kudashkin
Country:
Russia
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
A history of wars, fortification,
artillery, weapon, uniforms, military maps, battle painting, etc. My library
totals about 2000 books, including on English, French, German and other . A main
scientific theme now - Napoleon period /wars, army, fleet, artillery and
especially fortification.
Languages:
Russian
Published Material:
Scientific editor of the
military-historical journal "Novy chasovoy"-/"New Guard"/.
It is the new independent journal for want of St-Petersburg university.
History of military-engineering art of
Russian army in campaign 1812
Russian gunboats in campaign 1812
Internet:
Extra Information:
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Name:
Jean Puelinckx
Country:
Belgium
E-mail:
or
Area of Interest:
Belgium, Liège, Aubin-Neufchâteau, WW2, 1940
Languages:
French, Dutch (red and spoken), German (red and spoken),
English (basic)
Published Material:
Ceux d'Aubin-Neufchâteau (French),
De mannen van Aubin-Neufchâteau (same as previous but
Dutch),
Manuel du Mortier de 81mm (Fr),
Les ascensseurs des forts de Liège (Fr),
La technique du fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau (Fr, Dutch,
English, German, Czech)
Internet:
Extra Information:
65
Name:
Peter Heijkoop
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
German Fortifications 1939-1945
Languages:
English, Dutch, German
Published Material:
Internet:
The Atlantikwall Website:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/6550
Extra Information:
66
Name:
Thomas Duvernay
Country:
Korea
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Korean fortifications
Languages:
English, some Korean
Published Material:
Several articles on Korean traditional archery,
One article on the 1871 US invasion of Korea
(pending).
Internet:
Extra Information:
67
Name:
Fingal Noguera
Country:
Spain
E-mail:
No valid e mail
Area of Interest:
Barcelona, Catalonia, not so accurately the rest of
Spain
Languages:
Catalan, Spanish, English and I understand some
French.
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
68
Name:
Hugo Magielse
Country:
Belgium
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Belgium fortifications from 1500 to WW 1, especially
Fortress Antwerp
Languages:
Dutch, French, and a little German and English
Published Material:
Of the "Simon Stevin Stichting"
(Foundation), including "Vesting".
I am archivist of the documentation centre of our
foundation
Internet:
http://titan.glo.be/hugo_magielse
Extra Information:
69
Name:
Peter Cooke
Country:
NZ
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Pacific coast defence, artillery, island forts
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
70
Name:
Eduardo Gomes Câmara -
Country:
Brazil, temporarily Norway
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Old Brazilian fortifications and any 20th Century
fortificatons nationality.
Languages:
Portuguese, English, Spanish and some Norwegian and
French
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
71
Name:
Matthew L Adams
Country:
Australia
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
US Coastal Defenses 1794-1950; Australian Coastal
Defences 1788-1963; US Battery and fort naming 1793-1950
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
72
Name:
Reginaldo Bacchi
Country:
Sao Paulo, Brazil
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Fortifications from 1850 to present
Languages:
Portuguese and English. Speak and read: Spanish,
Italian and French
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
73
Name:
Country:
Robert D. Zink
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
U.S. and Canadian Seacoast fortifications, forts, railway
guns. Especially interested in present condition or status of fortifications
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Numerous articles in the Journal of Coast Defense
Study Group and CDSG News.
Internet:
Extra Information:
Founder of the Coast Defense Study Group.
74
Name:
Dennis Mroczkowski
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
There is: the history of Old Point Comfort (where Ft.
Monroe is located) and Fort Monroe (emphasis on its role in the Civil War); and
the history of the US Coast Artillery Corps
Languages:
English, French (can read)
Published Material:
With The 2d Marine Division In Desert Shield And
Desert Storm;
Internet:
Extra Information:
Director of The
75
Name:
Dr. Carlo Clerici
Country:
Italy
E-mail:
lamarque"alt"mailserver.unimi.it
Area of Interest:
Coast Defenses and Nuclear Era Bunkers
Languages:
Italian, English
Published Material:
Books: Le difese costiere Italiane nelle due guerre
mondiali (1996)
The 'Amalfi' battery and Venice's coastal
fortifications during the two world wars (1997);
Numerous articles on fortifications in Italy from 1900
to 1990
Internet:
Extra Information:
76
Name:
Darren Rosenbaum
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Franco-German military history WWI, Interwar Period,
WWII Specific Interest: French fortifications and the Maginot Line
Languages:
English, Spanish, French (reading), functional Korean
(MA Thesis)
Published Material:
The Breakdown of a Strategy: The French Navy and
Britain in WWII (1993)
Internet:
Extra Information:
77
Name:
Charles H. Bogart
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
U.S. Fortifications from Civil War to 1990,
Kentucky Colonial fortifications,
and
Spanish Missions located in the United States.
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Book - United States use of controlled mines;
numerous articles in FORT, FORTRESS,CDSG JOURNAL,
CAMP, etc.
Internet:
Extra Information:
78
Name:
Marcus Massing
Country:
Germany
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Battle of Verdun and Fortifications, Sere de Rivieres, Prussian
Fortifications from 1874-1918, Maginot-Line, Westwall, Atlantikwall
Languages:
German, English
Published Material:
Internet: http://www.douaumont.de
Extra Information: I organized Special Verdun Meetings
79
Name:
Scott Cunningham
Country:
E-mail:
jscunningham"alt"mail.telis.org
Area of Interest:
Military studies, fortification, and armor (tanks)
Languages:
English, German
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
80
Name:
Colin Alexander
Country:
Great Britain
E-mail:
C.Alexander"alt"btinternet.com
Area of Interest:
British STOP-LINES 1940, G.H.Q. LINE 1940 SWISS
DEFENCES 1940
Languages:
English, French
Published Material:
Ironsides' line: A history of the G.H.Q. Line 1940-42
to be published early 1999
Internet:
Extra Information:
81
Name:
Paolo Ramponi
Country:
Italy
E-mail:
pramponi"alt"dada.it admin"alt"castellitoscani.com
Area of Interest:
Medieval Fortifications
Languages:
Italian, English
Published Material:
Internet:
The Great Castles of Wales Website
http://www.greatcastlesofwales.co.uk
The Castles of Tuscany
http://www.castellitoscani.com
Medieval Europe Photo Gallery
Extra Information:
82
Name:
Michael Gerdes
Country:
Germany
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Westwall, Atlantic Wall, Maginot Line
Languages:
German, English
Published Material:
Internet:
West wall
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/3433
Extra Information:
83
Name:
Knut Øyvind Åsen
Country:
Norway
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Atlantic Wall, Guns from the A.W., WWII Underground
systems, bunkers
Languages:
Norwegian, English
Published Material:
Internet:
The Fortress Page - WWII Fortifications in Norway http://victorian.fortunecity.com/lexington/12/fortress.html
Extra Information:
84
Name:
Matthieu Serra
Country:
France
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Atlantikwall and U-boat bases
Languages:
French, English
Published Material:
Internet:
U boat bases of WWII
http://www.multimania.com/ubases/
Extra Information:
85
Name:
Walter Musizza
Country:
Italy
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
World War I fortresses
Languages:
Italian, English
Published Material:
World War I fortress ,
Le Fortificazioni del Cadore 1904-18 - vol. II, III,
and IV
Alpini e artiglieri in Cadore (1848-1915)
Da Calvi alla Grande Guerra
Internet:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/9361/
Extra Information:
86
Name:
Jeffrey L. Thomas
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Castles of Wales and Welsh medieval history
Languages:
English, Welsh
Published Material:
Internet:
The Castles of Wales web site at:
http://www.castlewales.com/home.html
Britain's Castle Studies Group web site at:
http://www.castlewales.com/csg.html
Extra Information:
87
Name:
Raymond Cima
Country:
France
E-mail:
Pas de mail
validematthieu"alt"mail.dotcom.fr
Area of Interest:
Ligne Maginot / Maginot Line
Languages:
Français (French)
Published Material:
Défense du pont Saint-Louis (1995),
OTCF type 1939 (1996),
Abri des Banquettes (1997),
Ouvrage de Sainte-Agnes (1990),
Ouvrage de Castillon (1991, 1993),
Ouvrage du Barbonnet (1988),
Ouvrage de Saint Roch (1989),
Guide 1 Ouvrage de Sainte-Agnes (1994),
Guide 1 en anglais (1995),
Guide 2 Ouvrage de l'Agaisen (1994),
and
CDRom 98.2 Ligne Maginot (1998)
Internet:
Maginot Line Website http://www.maginot.org
Extra Information:
88
Name:
David Moore
Country:
UK
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Victorian fortifications and artillery worldwide
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Fort Gilkicker,
Fort Brockhurst and the Gomer Elson Forts,
Crownhill Fort,
Arming the Forts,
A Handbook of Military Terms associated with forts of
the Victorian Period.
Mallet's great Mortar.
Internet:
Palmerston Forts Society
http://www.argonet.co.uk/education/dmoore/
Extra Information:
89
Name:
Dan McKenzie
Country:
England
E-mail:
dan.mckenzie’alt’bunkertours.co.uk
Area of Interest:
Maginot Line, East German and Russian Cold War
Fortifications, Bunkers and Airfields, UK Cold war Bunkers
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Internet: www.bunkertours.com
Extra Information:Editor of “Siren” Newsletter of
Subterranea Britannica
90
Name:
Hans Vermeulen
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
maginot’alt’zeelandnet.nl
Area of Interest:
Maginot Line, Festen, Forts type Séré de
Rivières, Vallo Alpino
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German
Published Material:
Internet:
http://home.hccnet.nl/hans.vermeulen
Extra Information:
91
Name:
Prof. Maurice Franks
Country:
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Mediaeval castles
Languages:
English, Français (French)
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
92
Name:
Martin Rupp
Country:
Germany
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
The Maginot Line
Languages:
English, German
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
93
Name:
Professor Quentin Hughes
Country:
Great Britain
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Fortifications
Languages:
Published Material:
Military Architecture (1974),
Britain in the Mediterranean,
Fortress: Architecture and Military History in Malta,
and other books and articles.
Internet:
Extra Information:
Honarary Editor of FORT and founder of Fortress Study
Group
94
Name:
Dan Mouritzsen
Country:
Denmark
E-mail:
dan.mouritzsen"alt"teliamail.dk
Area of Interest:
German bunkers/fortifications 1940-1945 (mainly in
Denmark)
Languages:
Danish, English, some German
Published Material:
Leaflets on German fortifications in Denmark.
Internet:
Extra Information:
Founder and curator of Silkeborg BunkerMuseum and
Member of the Danish Fortification Society.
95
Name:
Johan Andrée
Country:
Sweden
E-mail:
beredskapsmuseet"alt"swipnet.se
Area of Interest:
Swedish fortifications, artillery, and equipment from
1939-1945. Preparation of museum exhibitions
Languages:
Swedish, English, Estonian
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
96
Name:
Dr. Richard M. Couch
Country:
England
E-mail:
Richard2couch’alt’waitrose.com
Area of Interest:
Alderney, Malta, Defence of Britain
Languages:
English , someFrench
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
97
Name:
Kuzyak Alexandr Grigorievich
Country:
Ukraine
E-mail:
verevka"alt"paladin.biochem.kiev.ua
Area of Interest:
Fortifications from 1870 to WWII
Languages:
Russian, Polish
Published Material:
Articles: Dolgovremennye sooruzheniya Kievskogo
ukreplyonnogo rayona // Viysko Ukrainy
(Long-term constructions of the Kiev enforcerde region
// Ukrainian Army). - 1997. - N 12. - P.39-41.
Fortifications in Kiev Region in "Forteca"
(N-4, 1998)
Internet:
Extra Information:
98
Name:
Serge Verevka
Country:
Ukraine
E-mail:
verevka"alt"paladin.biochem.kiev.ua
Area of Interest:
1854 - WWII, small arms and field artillery
Languages:
Russian, Polish, English, some German
Published Material:
Internet:
Extra Information:
99
Name:
David Morgan
Country:
Canada
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Canadian fortifications, mainly Pacific coast
artillery defenses
Languages:
English
Published Material:
Numerous articles in the Coast Defense Study Group
Journal
Internet:
Extra Information:
100
Name:
Robert Jurga
E-mail:
Area of Interest:
Fortifications
Country:
Languages:
Polish
Published Material:
Fortress Europe (1999),
Machiny Wojenne (1995),
Grupa Warowna Werkgruppe Ludendorff (1995),
Grupa Warowna Werkgruppe Schill (1994),
Grupa Warowna Werkgruppe Scharnhorst (1994)
Internet:
Extra Information:
101
Name:
Geoffrey Dailey
Country:
E-mail:
Area of interest:
WWI Fortifications and US Coastal Fortifications
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
102
Name:
Chris Nichols
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Knickers77"alt"aol.com
Area of interest:
Medieval thru Renaissance, WWII and Vietnam
Languages:
English, some Spanish
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
103
Name:
Jeff Howe
Country:
Great Britain
E-mail:
Area of interest:
Dover's Western Heights and other Napoleonic/Victorian coast defense sites
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
http://www.members.tripod.com/JeffHowe
Extra information:
104
Name:
Rudi Rolf
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
rudirolf"alt"zeelandnet.nl
Area of interest:
19th and 20th Century Fortifications
Languages:
English, Dutch, German, French Italian
Published material:
Atlantic wall typology, niew weedringe, der Atlantikwall die bauten der
Deutschen kuestenbefestigungen 1940-1945, and others
Internet:
Extra information:
105
Name:
Elmer Bosma
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
elmerb"alt"gv-nmc.unisource.nl
Area of interest:
Fortifications of WWII, especially German bunkers
Languages:
Dutch, English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
106
Name:
Andy Knight
Country:
United Kingdom
E-mail:
m00ubf00"alt"mcmail.com
Area of interest:
British fortifications 11th to 18th centuries
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
107
Name:
Alfred Chiswell
Country:
E-mail:
agchiswell"alt"aol.com
Area of interest:
Seacoast forts and forts in
the 1870 to 1920 period.
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
108
Name:
Kenneth von Kartaschew
Country:
Sweden
E-mail:
keka"alt"sfv.se
Area of interest:
Fortifications and their weaponry (ancient to modern)-mainly European
Languages:
Swedish, English, can read German
Published material:
"Rikets fästningar, rapport 1992",
"Avveckling av fästningar, rapport 1994",
"Frihetstidens fästningskommissioner" (Swedish 18th century
fortifications), 1994,
"Karlsborgs fästning" 1999,
and several articles concerning fortifications.
Internet:
Extra information:
109
Name:
Pascal Lambert
Country:
France
E-mail:
esd.thionville"alt"wanadoo.fr
Area of interest:
Technical aspects of the Maginot fortifications
Languages:
French, English
Published material:
TM 32-Le téléphone dans la ligne Maginot
Internet:
"FASF" (Internet site of the Fédération des Associations de
Sauvegarde de la fortification)
http://assoc.wanadoo.fr/fasf/
Extra information:
110
Name:
Claus Christiansen
Country:
Denmark
E-mail:
clausitpay2"alt"get2net.dk
Area of interest:
Of interest: fortification, artillery and military history 1850 - 1950
Languages:
Danish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
111
Name:
Bernard Charles Lowry
Country:
Great Britian
E-mail:
bernardfeste’alt’aol.com
Area of interest:
WW2 and 1930s fortifications. Medieval castles. Impact of modern weapons on
fortifications.
Languages:
English, French
Published material:
Editor 20c Defences in
20c defences for FORT, CASEMATE. Hon Sec Fortress Study Group.
Internet:
Extra information:
Secretary Fortress Study Group
Editor: Twentieth Century Defences in Britain
112
Name:
Marc K. Blackburn, Ph.D
Country:
E-mail:
MBlackb498"alt"aol.com
Area of interest:
20th century American Coastal Defenses 1898-1945) and European fortifications
(mainly Maginot Line and WWII German)
Languages:
English, German
Published material:
The United States army and the motor truck: A case study in standardization
(Greenwood),
I translated the German guide to the Maginot Line Ouvrage Four-a-Chaux into
English and in the process of translating J.B. Wahl's The Maginot line in
Alsace.
Internet:
Extra information:
113
Name:
Bob Hankinson
Country:
UK
E-mail:
Area of interest:
Military fortifications; manmade underground structures, CCC in the Cold War
period 1945-1995; airfield architecture; radar; radio interception; bunkers;
German Occupation of Channel Islands 1940-45
Languages:
English, limited French and German
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
114
Name:
Gene Bialek
Country:
E-mail:
gbialek"alt"knight-hub.com
Area of interest:
WW II, Cherbourg France Peninsula
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
115
Name:
Ricardo Castellano
Country:
Spain
E-mail:
r.castella"alt"grupobbv.com
Ricardo_de_Arnedo"alt"Yahoo.com
Area of interest:
Spanish fortifiations of 1930s
Languages:
Spanish, English and Galician - read Portugese and Italian
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
116
Name:
Juan Vázquez García
Country:
Spain
E-mail:
<>No valid e mail
Area of interest:
General: coastal fortifications and artillery 1860-1960, XX century
fortifications, especially Spanish coastal defences
Languages:
Spanish, English, Portugese, and limited German and French
Published material:
BOOK: La costa inexpugnable:
historia de las defensas costeras de la base naval de Ferrol-Coruña desde el
siglo XVII a nuestros días".
Several articles in Revista española de Historia Militar, and o"History of the artillery defences of the Naval Base of
Ferrol". in CDSG Journal
Internet:
Extra information:
117
Name:
Luciano Marcon
Country:
Italy
E-mail:
lmarcon"alt"lycosmail.com
Area of interest:
Italian fortifications of Vallo Alpino (north-west sector)
Languages:
Italian, French and English
Published material:
Internet:
"Le fortificazioni in caverna del Vallo Alpino"
http://utenti.tripod.it/lorm/bunker/bnk-home.htm
Extra information:
118
Name:
Melinda A. Tsu
E-mail:
E-mail to contact
Melinda Tsu
Area of interest:
Interest WWII Harbor Defense in Kodiak, Alaska
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information: Passive member
119
Name:
James Kline
Country:
USA
E-mail:
unclejimmykline"alt"yahoo.com
Area of interest:
WW2 German bunkers, tunnels, etc.
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
Member of advisory board to SHARKHUNTERS
120
Name:
Marcin Kedryna
Country:
Poland
E-mail:
marcinkedryna"alt"email.com
marcinek"alt"mac.com
Area of interest:
Fortifications in general, especially German from 1928-1944
Languages:
Polish, can read Russian, English and German
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
121
Name:
Pierre Schwarz
Country:
France
E-mail:
pierre.schwarz"alt"sypiem.net
Area of interest:
Neuf-Brisach (Vauban), Prussian fortifications in eastern of France
Languages:
French, German, English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
122
Name:
Danny Malone
Country:
E-mail:
roland1369"alt"aol.com
Area of interest:
Primary interest; Coast Artillery 1890-present. Secondary: Fixed land
fortification: 1880-present
Languages:
English and Spanish
Published material:
Articles published in Coast Defense Study Group Journal on
Internet:
Extra information:
123
Name:
Trond Erik Tveit
Country:
E-mail:
tetveit"alt"c2i.net
Area of interest:
Fortifications of Norway,
Languages:
Norwegian, English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
124
Name:
Dale E. Floyd
Country:
E-mail:
dfloyd"alt"chele.cais.net
Area of interest:
All fortifications, esepcially Martello Towers and 18th through 19th century
Languages:
English
Published material:
Military Fortifications:
A Selective Bibliography (Greenwood 1992),
Defending America's Coasts, 1775-1950: A Bibliography (Government Printing
Office, 1997)
and numerous articles for various dealing with fortifications.
Internet:
Extra information:
125
Name:
Nils Otto Eriksen
Country:
Norway
E-mail:
nierikse"alt"online.no
Area of interest:
Coastal fortifications, European Theater of WW2, V1and V2 installations - Board
member of Kristiansand Historical Defence Society
Languages:
Norwegian, German, English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
126
Name:
Dennis Blazey
Country: USA
E-mail:
dblazey’alt’columbus.rr.com
Area of interest:
all forts but have a particular interest forts circa 1880 – WWI
Languages:
English, can read French
Published material:
no publications, but I do make fortification photographs available for use by
authors at no charge other than attribution
Internet:
Extra information:
127
Name:
Bryan Fugate, Ph.D.
Country:
E-mail:
bryanf"alt"jabis.com
Area of interest:
Operation Barbarossa planning and execution, Soviet defense strategy in
1940-1941
Languages:
English, German, Russian
Published material:
Operaton Barbarossa (Presidio, 1984),
Thunder on the Dnepr (Presidio, 1998)
Internet:
Extra information:
128
Name:
Maciej Sledzinski
Country:
Poland
E-mail:
mds"alt"kki.pl
Area of interest:
W.W. II fortifications for model making
Languages:
Polish, English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
129
Name:
Caspar Vermeulen
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
casparvermeulen"alt"zeelandnet.nl
Area of interest:
Late 19th and 20th century fortifications, especially the Vallo Alpino and the
Maginot Line
Languages:
Dutch, French, English (spoken), Spanish, Italian, German (reading)
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
130
Name:
Gerard J.C. van Limborgh
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
gjc.vl"alt"wxs.nl
Area of interest:
Belgian and French fortifications of WWI Era
Languages:
Dutch, English, German
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
131
Name:
Peter Corbett
Country:
New Zealand
E-mail:
peter_d_corbett’alt’yahoo.com.au
Area of interest:
a) Coast defences since the reintroduction of the breech loading gun c. 1875,
particularly the British Empire, including mine defences
b) World wide coast defences since the reintroduction of the breechloading gun
c. 1875
c) Technological developments in warships, in particular guns and fire control
c. 1900 - 1945
Languages:
English, very limited French and German
Published material:
World War II Defences at Stony Batter (Waiheke Island)
Whangapraraoa - 9.2-inch counter bombardment batteries A-1 and A-2
Internet:
Extra information:
132
Name:
Ray Brooks
Country:
Canada
E-mail:
rpbrooks"alt"netcom.ca
Area of interest:
Fortifications in general, but especially out of the way works such as The
Great Wall, Moghol fortifications like the Red Fort; Crusader Castles of the
Mediteranean; Western colonial fortificatoins at Hong Kong, Macao, Vietnam,
etc., Russian/ Turkish forts and Austro/Hungarian Fortifications
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
133
Name:
Jan van Buuren
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
jablonec"alt"casema.net
Area of interest:
Dutch and German army bunkers, esepcially in the Netherlands and Czech
fortifications of the 1930s
Languages:
Dutch, English, German
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
134
Name:
Jason Ebersole
Country:
E-mail:
c725315"alt"showme.missouri.edu
Area of interest:
WWII fortifications, geography of fortifications, underground fortifications
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
http://www.jacquiesworld.com/angkor
Extra information:
135
Name:
Colin Morison
Country:
England
E-mail:
morison"alt"cambridge.scr.slb.com
Area of interest:
Fortifications in general, but main interest German WWII bunkers, underground
or hardened structures
Languages:
English and limited French
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
136
Name:
Stephen Francis Wyley
Country:
Australia
E-mail:
svenskildbiter"alt"angelfire.com
Area of interest:
Military Architecture from the Iron Age to the 17th century, specializing in;
terminology and motte and bailey castles.
Languages:
English, Japanese
Published material:
Several articles published in the Varangian Voice (A quarterly publication of
the New Varangian Guard Inc.) see: Dictionary of Military Architechture
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html
Internet:
Dictionary of Military Architechture
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html
Drawings of Aspects of Military Architecture
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/drawings.html
Bibliography of Military Architecture
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/fortbibl.html
Shiro, A Japanese Castle
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/shiro.html
Siege Warfare, The Art of Offence and Defence
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/siege.html
What is a Castle?
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/castle.html
The Defences of Constantinople
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/constantinople.html
The Walls of Ankara
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/ankara.html
More Pictures of the Theodosian Land Walls
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/landwallsmore.html
The Defences of Nicaea
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/nicaea.html
An Aerial View of Masada
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/masada.html
Anglo-Saxon Burhs
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/burhs.html
David's Tower, Jerusalem
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/davidtower.html
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/jerusalem.html
The Town Walls of Conwy
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/conwy.html
Extra information:
Current project construction of a replica Viking longhouse and ringfort.
Other forthcoming work, construction of a replica Turf walled Roman Legionary
Fort.
137
Name:
Dr. Jean-Marie Balliet
Country:
France
E-mail:
artillerie"alt"multimania.com
Area of interest:
Artillery and its ammunition (XIVth to the end of the XIXth century) -
Fortification (XVth to early XXth century). Rare books on artillery and
fortification
Languages:
French, German, English
Published material:
Les projectiles des pieces d1artillerie française. Période du XIVeme au XIXeme
siecle. Colmar France, s.e. 1995;
Österreichische Feld- und Gebirgs-Artillerie Munition in der zweiten Hälfte des
neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (Colmar - Frankreich), Überarbeitung der deutschen
Auffassung 1996;
Les projectiles de l1artillerie de campagne et de montagne autrichienne dans la
deuxieme moitié du XIXeme siecle 1996;
Internet:
Site with short history of French artillery from XIV to XIX Century
http://www.artillerie.info
Extra information:
138
Name:
Varna G. Boyd
Country:
E-mail:
vboyd"alt"g-and-o.com
Area of interest:
American fortifications- particularly French and Indian War or stone
fortifications
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
139
Name:
Martin Egger, Ph. D.
Country:
Switzerland
E-mail:
martin.egger"alt"gmx.net
Area of interest:
French Séré-de-Rivieres, Modern fortifications and C3I installations, and a
general interest in XX century fortifications and coast defense
Languages:
German, English, French
Published material:
Various articles in DAWA Nachrichten and IBA Informationen since 1982 (most of
them available on my homepage);
List of key literature about modern fortifications; Book 'Die Festung
Sewastopol - Eine Dokumentation ihrer Befestigungsanlagen und der Kämpfe von
1942', edited 1995 by Lippmann, Cologne (available for US $ 33.-).
Internet:
http://home.tiscalinet.ch/martin.egger/
or
http://jump.to/fortress
Extra information:
140
Name:
Arthur van Beveren
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
grootelbrig"alt"gironet.nl
Area of interest:
Atlantic Wall and Dutch bunkers
Languages:
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
141
Name:
Richard Koone
Country:
E-mail:
koone"alt"fbg.net
Area of interest:
20th Century Fortifications
Languages:
English, Spanish, limited French and German
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
142
Name:
Barbara Lavergne
Country:
France
E-mail:
barbara9"alt"club-internet.fr
Area of interest:
Atlantic Wall
Languages:
French, English and German
Published material:
Internet:
Le point d'appui Hannes
Extra information:
143
Name:
Jeffrey A. Smith
Country:
E-mail:
jeffrey-a-smith"oï"sbcglobal.net
Area of interest:
Eben Emael
Languages:
English
Internet:
Extra information:
144
Name:
Petr Znachor
Country:
Czech Republic
E-mail:
znachy"alt"tix.bf.jcu.cz
Area of interest:
Castles, underground passages
Languages:
Czech, English
Published material:
Internet:
Czech Castle site:
http://oasis.fortunecity.com/ozarks/170/
Extra information:
145
Name:
Ales Horak
Country:
Czech Republic
E-mail:
ales.horak"alt"iol.cz
Area of interest:
Fortification before World War II, Organisations of the Museums in the Forts
Languages:
Czech, English, Russian, Polish (not written Polish)
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
146
Name:
Christopher Szabo
Country:
South Africa
E-mail:
cavszabo"alt"netactive.co.za
Area of interest:
Iron age forts or dykes, early medieval castles, Bulgar castles, Khazar and
Central Asian castles, all sorts of medieval castles, WWI and II fortifications
Languages:
English, Afrikaans, Hungarian (fluent) German, Swedish, Latin
Published material:
"Hungary's Hawk" for Air Enthusiast,
two articles for Military History,
an article on Hungarian armour in WWII,
a couple of articles/column for the Delusions of Grandeur re: Balkans and
Central European issues.
Internet: Article on Magyar Archery at http://www.atarn.org
Internet:
Extra information:
147
Name:
Brent Wassell
Country:
New Zealand
E-mail:
sandb03"alt"ibm.net
Area of interest:
Pacfic coast defences WW2
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
148
Name:
Pete Payette
Country:
Virginia, USA
E-mail:
naforts"alt"yahoo.com
Area of interest:
Forts of Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire
North American Forts (all periods, all types)
Languages:
English
Published material:
Forts of Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, USA
http://www.portsmouthforts.com
North American Fortifications Guide
http://www.usaforts.com
Extra information:
149
Name:
Mike Dimond
Country:
New Zealand
E-mail:
dimond"alt"ihug.co.nz
Area of interest:
Coast Defense & Armstrong Guns mounted in Elswick platforms
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
150
Name:
William Allen Borchardt
Country:
USA
E-mail:
pzturm"alt"gtw.net
Area of interest:
WW II German usage of detached tank-turrets and permanently dug-in tanks as
static defensive fortifications.
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
151
Name:
Thor Løtveit
Country:
Norway
E-mail:
thor.lotveit’@’getmail.no
Area of interest:
German and Norwegian fortifications of WWII and military history in general.
Languages:
Norwegian, English.
Published material:
Internet:
www.freewebtown.com/thorlo
Extra information:
152
Name:
J.E. Stitselaar
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
Area of interest:
Languages:
Dutch, Englisch, French, German.
Published material:
Bomber crashed at
(under production) FLAK at Holland.
Internet:
Extra information:
153
Name:
Reinaldo Costa de Almeida Rego
Country:
Brazil
E-mail:
rcar"alt"resenet.com.br
Area of interest:
Artillery
Languages:
Portuguese and English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
154
Name:
Neil Short
Country:
United Kingdom
E-mail:
neil.short"alt"blueyonder.co.uk
Area of interest:
Primarily emplaced tank turrets used in WWII and after. German fortifications
WWII (fixed & field) especially in Italy - Hitler/Gothic Lines.
Languages:
English and a little German
Emplaced tank turrets used
in WWII and after - article published in Osprey Military History Journal
(Volume 3 Issue 3). German fortifications of WWII (fixed & field)
especially the West Wall, the Atlantic Wall and defences in Italy -
Hitler/Gothic Lines. 'Hitler's Siegfried Line', (December
2002, Sutton Publishing).
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
155
Name:
Aleks Reinhardt
Country:
Slovenia
E-mail:
aleks.reinhardt"alt"aster.si
Area of interest:
Mostly Roman history
Languages:
Slovenian, English,
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
156
Name:
Matthew Hunter
Country:
Sitka, Alaska, USA
E-mail:
sitkaww2"alt"hotmail.com
Area of interest:
US Seacoast Defenses, but primarily on WWII in Alaska, and the Harbor Defenses
of Sitka, Alaska
Languages:
English, some Spanish
Published material:
Internet:
http://mchunter1.tripod.com/sitkaww2.html
Extra information:
157
Name:
Paul Ozorak
Country:
Canada
E-mail:
bunkers"alt"magma.ca
Area of interest:
Cold War bases, especially bunkers.
Languages:
English and French
Published material:
Bunkers Bunkers Everywhere (1998),
Abandoned Military Installations of Canada, Volume 1:
Abandoned Military Installations of Canada, Volume 2:
Internet:
http://www.magma.ca/~bunkers
Extra information:
158
Name:
Christian Dury
Country:
Belgium
E-mail:
christian.dury"alt"skynet.be
Area of interest:
Languages:
French, Dutch, Italian, English
Published material:
Liège, 1000 ans de fortifications militaires, 1980.
Liège et le royaume des Pays-Bas: une place forte dans un ensemble défensif
(1815-1830), 1982.
Les enceintes urbaines en Hainaut, 1983.
Les enceintes de Tournai des origines au XIXe siècle, 1985.
Le château médiéval et la guerre dans l'Europe du Nord-Ouest. Mutations et
adaptations, 1998.
Enceintes urbaines (Antiquité-XIXe siècle), spécialement
Tournai-Hainaut-Belgique
Internet:
Extra information:
159
Name:
Kenneth R. Meyers
Country:
E-mail:
Area of interest:
1st, 2nd and 3rd (Benard) coastal fortfications and Endicot period coastel
artillery enplacements.
Languages:
English, German, French and some Russian
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
160
Name:
Dave Ashwood
Country:
England
E-mail:
dash"alt"globalnet.co.uk
Area of interest:
English WWII fortifications/pillboxes
Languages:
English
Published material:
Operation Sealion /Cromwell and Home Guard/pillbox.
Internet:
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/2231/
Extra information:
161
Name:
Wes Micket
Country:
US
E-mail:
wmicket"alt"compuserve.com
Area of interest:
All fortifications
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
162
Name:
Paul T. Weaver
Country:
USA
E-mail:
mumfordlibrarian"alt"netscape.net
Area of interest:
Coastal Fortifications of 19th and 20th century. Castles
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
163
Name:
Pierre Etcheto
Country:
France
E-mail:
pierre.etcheto"alt"libertysurf.fr
Area of interest:
Worldwide ancient to 19th c., specially bastionned fortification. Also
warships.
Languages:
French, English
Published material:
Papers on Pylos, St Jean Pied de Port, Chittorgarh, Syracuse, Collioure,
Methoni, San Francisco, Bayonne, Cairo and Montreuil/Mer, in
"Fortifications & Armements" (a french associative paper): http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fortification/
Internet:
Extra information:
Also contributed to L. Decramer's papers about the roman South-Thunisian
centuriation in archeologia, XYZ and IBLA.
164
Name:
Gerald W. Butler, Captain, MSG
Country:
USA
E-mail:
Area of interest:
Seacoast Fortifications, Boston Harbor, USA and Seacoast Fortifications (US
Army) World War Two era.
Languages:
English
Published material:
Fort Warren, The Key To Boston Harbor (1973)
Fort Rodman, The Fort At Clark's Point (1974)
Edgar Allen Poe, Soldier (1998)
Military Annals of Nahant, Massachusetts (1996)
The Guns Of Boston Harbor (Soon to be published)
Internet:
Extra information:
165
Name:
Silvio Mezzano
Country:
Italy
E-mail:
motard.doc"alt"tiscalinet.it
Area of interest:
WW II D-Day
Languages:
English, Italian
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
166
Name:
Henk Slechte
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
henk.slechte"alt"net.hcc.nl
Area of interest:
The Atlantic wall and medieval castles
Languages:
English, German and French.
Published material:
Articles on a battery in Normandy "Azeville" and a Castle in
Luxemburg "Brandenbourg"
Internet:
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/Henk.Slechte/
Extra information:
167
Name:
Bassetti Augusto
Country:
Italy
E-mail:
augusto.bassetti"alt"inwind.it
Area of interest:
GENERAL: Italian, German and Austrian fortifications of XIX and XX° Century
SPECIALITY: Zone from north - east Italy to ex Jugoslavia
Languages:
Italian, German and limited English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
168
Name:
Ralph B. Tacoma
Country:
USA
E-mail:
rtacoma"alt"allwest.net
Area of interest:
All periods of fortifications
Languages:
English, read limited German & French
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
169
Name:
Geoff Snowdon
Country:
UK
E-mail:
geoff.snowdon"alt"btclick.com
Area of interest:
Fortifications from Henry VIII onwards...
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
170
Name:
Jim Anderson
Country:
Virginia, US
E-mail:
janeinspain"alt"yahoo.com
Area of interest:
Fortifications from 1860 to modern
Coastal Defense Fortifications and Artillery since 1860.
Main interest; Spain, Austria Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy
Languages:
English, Spanish and Russian
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
171
Name:
Joseph P Koss, Jr
Country:
Alaska, US
E-mail:
jkoss"alt"gci.net
Area of interest:
Artillery, Mechanized Armor [mostly World War II: the Western
Front,
the Eastern Front, Italy, Africa and the Pacific] and fortifications
where they were used in conjunction with armor.
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
172
Name:
Dr Martyn Gregg
Country:
UK
E-mail:
Martyngregg"oï"aol.com
Area of interest:
20th Century Coastal Defenses
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
173
Name: Herbert Schiller
Country: USA
E-mail: herbertmschiller"alt"yahoo.com
Area of interest: artillery and fortifications, 19th century to present;
Atlantikwall; American Civil War; Western Front, Great War; World War II
Languages: English, some German
Published material: Sumter is Avenged! The Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski,
1995.
Fort Pulaski and the Defense of Savannah, 1997
Internet:
Extra information:
174
Name:
Roy de Bruijn
Country:
Netherlands
E-mail:
Not listed, contact
SITEO
Area of interest:
Antlantikwall, Westwall, Maginot line
Languages:
Dutch, English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
175
Name:
Andrew Wright
Country:
Canada
E-mail:
aace"alt"telusplanet.net
Area of interest:
Artillary, armour, railroad guns, armoured trains, etc
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
176
Name:
Dr Peter Wilhelm
Country:
USA
E-mail:
pdwil45"alt"airmail.net
Area of interest:
Broad interest in artillery and fortifications
Languages:
English, limited German and French
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
177
Name:
Country:
E-mail:
Area of interest:
Languages:
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
178
Name:
Alain Chazette
Country:
France
E-mail:
chazetteA"alt"aol.com
Area of interest:
Fortifications, Atlantikwall, Maginot linie, Westwall, German Army
Languages:
French, English
Published material:
Numerous books and articles on the Atlantic Wall including 1940-1944 Les
Batteries Allemandes, Atlantikwall, Le Mur de L'Atlantique en Normandie and
many articles in Heimdal 1939-1945 Magazine.
Internet:
Extra information:
Director of the Bookshoop Heimdal / Histoire & Fortifications in Paris
specialized in WW2 and Fortifications
179
Name:
J. N. Pfisterer
Country:
USA
E-mail:
jnpf"alt"usa.net
Area of interest:
Coast and Field Artillery material, tactics and techniques
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
180
Name:
Jan Faul
Country:
USA
E-mail:
jan"alt"artfaul.com
Area of interest:
Bunkers (Atlantic Wall) and US Military 1945-999
Languages:
English, Danish, German, French
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
181
Name:
Richard K. Lewis
Country:
USA
E-mail:
rickklewis"alt"aol.com
Area of interest:
Fortifications and artillery
Languages:
English, French
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
182
Name:
Ken Glover
Country:
England
E-mail:
ken.glover"alt"btinternet.com
Area of interest:
Coastal defence
Languages:
English
Published material:
Internet:
Extra information:
183
Name:
Oswald Schwitter
Country:
Switzerland
E-mail:
schwitter"alt"smile.ch
Area of interest:
Swiss fortifications and military history 1870-1