Vester Vedsted has been nominated as a cultural environment worthy of preservation. Until the Reunification in 1920 the border gendarmes patrolled the dikes.
While Vester Vedsted has been nominated as a cultural environment worthy of preservation, the village was once a part of a military contingency.
The Wing Dike (Fløjdiget) and the Ribe Dike (Ribediget) were built in 1911-1915 and acted as protection against storm surges from the south. The border gendarmes patrolled the tops of the dikes until the Reunification in 1920, keeping an eye out for smugglers and illegal immigrants
During WWII, the west coast of Denmark was part of the German coastal defence system known as the Atlantic Wall. The Germans built three bunkers north of Vester Vedsted in 1943, each with a telephone, machine gun and cannon. Today, the area is privately owned and is rented out for events and as overnight accommodation.
On the night of 20-21 April 1943, Allied aircraft were on a bombing mission against German targets in Stettin and Rostock. At least 17 Allied aircraft were shot down during air combat by German Messerschmidt-fighter planes or anti-aircraft defences. 40 pilots died, amongst them seven crew members of a Lancaster III ED 614 that went down south of Fløjdiget.
37 of the 40 casualties were buried in Fovrfeld Kirkegård in Esbjerg on 30 April 1943.
In 2012, local citizens raised a memorial stone at Sprækvej in honour of the fallen crew members of the Lancaster: Pilot P/O George M. Pettigrew; Flight Engineer Sergent James Cooper, Flight Sergent Patrick J. Cramer, Air Gunner Sergent Arthur Daley, Air Gunner Sergent Raymond G. Elkins, Bomb Aimer Sergent Archibald I. Mackay and Observer Sergent Walter D. Ramsay. Every year on May 4th there is a commemoration at the stone.