File:WW2 British Pillboxes in Akrabgerg Suðuroy Faroe Islands.JPG
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British pillboxes in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Akraberg" title="Akraberg">Akraberg</a> in the island <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%B0uroy" title="Suðuroy">Suðuroy</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>. These buildings are World War II ruins, made by fortified concrete. The Faroe Islands is a part of the Danish state. But at the beginning of World War II <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> was occupied by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Germany">Germany</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> were occupied by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. People could not travel between the Faroe Islands and Denmark during the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> period. The Faroe Islands lost many people in WW2 because they had many fishing vessels which were fishing in the North Atlantic, and some of them got bombed by German submarines or had other kind of accidents during the war. The Faroe Islands lost more people per capita than Denmark because of war casualties. This photo is also on my photostream on Flickr: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eileensanda/3799653048/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/eileensanda/3799653048/</a>
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| current | 23:40, 12 January 2017 | | 3,648 × 2,736 (2.03 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | British pillboxes in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Akraberg" title="Akraberg">Akraberg</a> in the island <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%B0uroy" title="Suðuroy">Suðuroy</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>. These buildings are World War II ruins, made by fortified concrete. The Faroe Islands is a part of the Danish state. But at the beginning of World War II <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> was occupied by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Germany">Germany</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> were occupied by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. People could not travel between the Faroe Islands and Denmark during the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> period. The Faroe Islands lost many people in WW2 because they had many fishing vessels which were fishing in the North Atlantic, and some of them got bombed by German submarines or had other kind of accidents during the war. The Faroe Islands lost more people per capita than Denmark because of war casualties. This photo is also on my photostream on Flickr: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eileensanda/3799653048/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/eileensanda/3799653048/</a> |
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