The Longues-sur-Mer battery

France / Basse-Normandie / Longues-sur-Mer / D104
 Second World War 1939-1945, bunker, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage, historic landmark
One of the most intact on the Atlantic Wall with the original guns still in them.
Built in the beginning of 1944, four 152 mm guns with a range of 12 miles posed a big threat to the troops landing on Gold and Omaha beaches during the landings on the 6th of June 1944. On the cliff top 300 meters ahead were the range finders used as telemetric aiming devices.
Layers of earth on the inclined plane stopped it tipping over in the event of a near miss or cushion them from a near miss. The battery was also surrounded by machine gun nests and mines for protection.
The site stretched all the way to the water, with trenches, barbed wire and minefields on the landward sides. Many small bunkers, shelters and tobruks were part of the site. A Russian 76.2mm gun used by the Germans to defend the site is on display.
On the night of the 5/6 of June tons of artillery were fired into the battery with very little effect. They fell silent after the British took them a few days after the landings.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longues-sur-Mer_battery
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Coordinates:   49°20'35"N   -0°41'41"E

Comments

  • да такие объекты интерестные а у нас всё тоже было только вандалы всё на мнталолом посрезали
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