The ability to defend the navy home port at Den Helder and the Marsdiep were of great strategic importance. Not only was the Dutch island of Texel ideal as a sentry for the German navy fleet stationed at Den Helder, the island also had plenty of room to build coastal batteries and anti aircraft batteries.
Under the header “clarification” one will find a description of the main map and seven detail maps one level below, of Stützpunktgruppe Texel.
Extant German emplacements
German emplacements no longer present
