D-Day German R694 bunker StP75 3 | Second World War 1939-1945, fortification, blockhouse (fort)

France / Basse-Normandie / Saint-Pierre-du-Mont / pointe du Hoc
 Second World War 1939-1945, fortification, blockhouse (fort)
German WW2 Atlantikwall Bunker for, Stützpunkt 75, Point du Hoc
Regelbau 694 Embrasured emplacement (21cm)
This example has taken a beating compared to its neighbor. Still, the 3.5m thick concrete did not allow any bombs to crack the casemate.
Part of a Pointe du Hoc memorial, left in original condition.
Sources:
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/point_du_hoc.htm
bunkersite.com/locations/france/normandie/pdh-694.php
IGN – star – Map scale 25 000°
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc
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Coordinates:   49°23'44"N   -0°59'22"E

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  • Pointe Du Hoc, A gunn battery that had six 155mm guns that could fire onto either Omaha beach and Utah beach. It had survices several naval and aerial bombardments and was captures by the American Rangers after scaling 100m cliffs
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