It was equipped with gun emplacements, barracks, and a hospital.

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It would have been the easiest thing in the world for us to build those emplacements under the guise of something totally different and they would have never been discovered.

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Knowing that these forward deployed artillery and missile forces pose the greatest threat to the South if not taken out, U.S. and South Korean forces hammer North Korean emplacements north of the DMZ.

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The remains of a network of pillboxes and gun emplacements can be found at various coastal locations around the country and a short trip across the English Channel will ensure you come face to face with the Nazi Atlantic Wall that was there to stop the Allied forces returning to mainland Europe, something it failed to achieve.

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