Michael Kerrigan was educated at St. Edward’s College and University College, Oxford, England. He is the author of History of the World, Abandoned Places of World War II, The Cold War and Amazing Churches of the World. He is a columnist, book reviewer, and feature writer for publications including the Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. Michael Kerrigan lives with his family in Edinburgh.

• IntroductionGermany and Central Europe Tunnel, Obersalzberg, Bavaria Flak Tower L, Vienna, Austria Flak Tower G, Hamburg Tank Traps, Hollerath, Eifel Bunker (exterior and interior view), Huertgen Forest, Eifel Bunker, Lostau, Saxony-Anhalt Bunker Entrances, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Flak Tower, Humboldthain, Berlin V-2 Rocket Factory, Peenemünde, Usedom Bunker Valentin, Bremen, Germany Holiday Camp, Prora, Rügen Island Lake Toplitz, Austria Bunker, SwitzerlandEastern Europe Bunker, Hory Mountains, Bohemia, Czech Republic Tank Traps, Slavonice, Czech Republic Concentration Camp, Terezin, Czech Republic Torpedo Research Station, Gdynia Oksywie, Poland Bunkers, Árpád Line, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine Lookout, Saaremaa Island, Estonia Artillery Battery Platform, Gdansk, Poland Wolf’s Lair Bunker, Ketrzyn, Poland ‘Hochwald’, Himmler’s Headquarters, Pozezdrze, Poland Fortification, Miedzyrzecz, Poland Underground Factory, Wlodarz, Poland Old Steam Mill, Volgograd (Stalingrad), Russian Federation Pavlov’s House, Volgograd (Stalingrad), Russian Federation Oreshek Fortress Prison, Shlisselburg, Russian Federation Totleben Fort Island, Gulf of Finland, Russian FederationMediterranean, Africa and Middle East Unexploded Bombs, Albania Abandoned Vehicle, Western Desert, Egypt Truck in Hold of Sunken SS Thistlegorm, Red Sea, off Egypt Italian Submarine Scirè, Haifa Bay, Israel Collapsed Bunker, Kalamaki Beach, Zakynthos, Greece Corridor, Fort Istibey, Serres, Macedonia, Greece Concrete Pillbox, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy Bunker, Punta Chiappa, Liguria, Italy Concrete Bunker, Gulf of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy Fort, Mamula Island, Montenegro Campo di Fossoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Jeep, Ouadane, Mauritania Observation Post, Cape Point, South Africa Coastal Bunker, Son Bou Beach, Menorca, Spain Bunker, El Médano Beach, Tenerife, Canary IslandsNorth America Bunker, Kodiak Island, Alaska Logging Camp, Louise Island, British Columbia, Canada Abandoned US Base, Ikkatteq, Greenland Air-Raid Shelter, Narsarsuaq, Greenland Battery Townsley, Fort Cronkhite, California ‘Bunker Point’, off Highway 1, Halfmoon Bay, California Guard Tower, Manzanar Internment Camp, Mojave Desert, California Gatehouse, ‘Slab City’, Niland, California Munitions Storage Bunker, Sandy Hook, New Jersey U-85 U-boat, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Lookout Post, Smith Island, WashingtonFar East and the Pacific Anti-Aircraft Gun, Eastern Island, Midway Atoll Gun Battery, Kiribati, Gilbert Islands Bunker, Oahu, Hawaii Munitions Store, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Pillbox, Johor, Malaysia Pillbox, Eastern Island, Midway Atoll Bunker, Wong Nai Chung Gap, Hong Kong Abandoned Military Building, Mount Davis, Hong Kong Abandoned Airfield, Vanuatu Japanese Headquarters, Peleliu, Palau Islands Japanese Anti-Aircraft Gun, Mission Hill, Wewak, Papua New Guinea Air-Raid Shelter, Peleliu, Palau Islands US Amphibious LVT, Bloody Nose Ridge, Peleliu, Palau Islands Labrador Battery, Singapore Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go Tank, Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia Japanese Midget Tank, Lelu Harbour, Kosrae Island, Micronesia Wing and Fuselage of DC-3, Vansittart Bay, Western Australia Lockheed Ventura, Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea Mitsubishi Ki-21, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Mitsubishi A6M ‘Zero’ Fighter, Palau, Micronesia Abandoned Equipment, Million Dollar Point, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu Kawanishi H8K ‘Emily’ Flying Boat, Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia Aichi E13A ‘Jake’ Seaplane, Solomon Islands The A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan Great Britain and Ireland Coastal Defences, Shoeburyness, Essex Pillbox at Cornelian Bay, Scarborough, Yorkshire Causeway to Cramond Island, Edinburgh Tank Traps, Inverbervie, Scotland Deserted Village, Tyneham, Dorset Control Tower, Davidstow, Cornwall Tank Traps, Lossiemouth II, Moray, Scotland Maunsell Fort, Thames Estuary Gun Emplacement, Blyth, Northumberland Emplacement, South Queensferry, Scotland Anti-Tank Blocks, Druridge Bay, Northumberland D-Day Embarkation Jetty, Lepe Beach, Hampshire Emplacement, Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex Observation Post, Loch Ewe, Orkney Islands, Scotland Concrete Shelters, Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland Pillbox, Rye, Sussex German Hospital, Guernsey Lookout Tower, Malin Head, Republic of Ireland Tank Traps, Aberlady, Scotland Pillbox Interior, RAF Biggin Hill, Kent ‘Listening Ears’, Dungeness, Kent Cabinet War Rooms, Whitehall, LondonFrance and the Low Countries Concrete Bunker, Quiberville Coast, Normandy German Submarine Pens, St Nazaire, Brittany Keroman Submarine Pens, Lorient, Brittany Coastal Defences, Omaha Beach, Normandy Concrete Tetrahedrons, Normandy Corridors, Ouvrage Schoenenbourg, Bas-Rhin Machine-Gun Turrets, Alpes-Maritimes Gun Emplacement, Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy Radar Emplacement, Cap Fagnet, Normandy Observation Tower-Bunker, Oye Plage, Côte d’Opale German Emplacement, Île Cézembre, Brittany Bunker, Atlantic Coast, Brittany Bunker, Pointe de Penhir, Brittany Wrecked Ship, Lorient, Brittany Hitler’s Bunker, Brûly-de-Pesche, Ardennes, Belgium Oradour-sur-Glane, Haute-Vienne, FranceScandinavia Ruined Fortification, Jutland Coast, Denmark US Landing Craft, Mjoifjordur, Eastern Iceland Bunker Interior, Fulunaes, Sweden Concrete Bunker, Hvitanes, Iceland Bunker, Grenen, Jutland, Denmark Oil Drums, Krossfjord, Svalbard (Spitzbergen) Wrecked German Junkers Ju 88, Kapp Borthen, Svalbard Traces of German Weather Station Schatzgrabber, Alexandra Land, Franz Josef Land Remains of German Weather Station Knospe, Svalbard Remains of German Weather Station Nussbaum, Svalbard Remains of German Weather Station Kreuzritter, Svalbard