Antiaircraft towers

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > fortifications

Descripción

Large anti-aircraft gun blockhouses used by the Luftwaffe in World War II to protect against Allied overflights, serve as air-raid shelters, and to coordinate air defence. They had concrete walls up to 3.5 meters thick and were considered invulnerable.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300266373

Otros términos

  • Flaktürme [de]
  • tours de défense anti-aérienne [fr]
  • antiaircraft tower [en]
  • flak towers [en]