Base XVIII: Position 10, Picture 13

 

Base XVIII: Position 10, Picture 14

 

- Part of the trench, with one side that was facing towards the possible attack, containing steps for the soldiers to rise to the parapet and aim their weapons towards the enemy. As can be clearly seen, it's quite high trench, but there's two steps, so that you would have been able to reach the parapet.

Base XVIII: Position 10, Picture 15

 

Base XVIII: Position 10, Picture 16

 

- Another Viapori tour behind and the question that this time came into my mind, was that would it have been possible for the Germans to ever penetrate this fortification and capture Helsinki and then press on to St. Petersburg? I've not seen too many pictures from the trenches in the Western Front, but what I gather, they were mostly made out of wood and still despite a great number of artillery pieces, the front was locked for four years. Viapori, made mostly out of concrete and stone, would have probably required a great number of artillery guns, which would have been needed to transport through the Baltic Sea. Perhaps it would have been possible, but certainly very difficult. Although the Germans could have just bypassed Viapori and march straight to St. Petersburg...

 

Base XVIII: Position 10, Picture 17

 

Base XVIII: Position 10, Picture 18

 

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