Emplacement WN5 1
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Brucheville /
La Grande Dune
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Second World War 1939-1945, gun emplacement
German WW2 Atlantikwall Bunker, Widerstandsnest 8, La Madeleine
Ringstand open emplacement for 50mm KwK L/42
Kwk 50mm cannon - this one is on display
The area around this southern end of the landing beach at Utah, remains much the same as it would have appeared to the troops landing here on the morning of June 6th 1944.
Sources:
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_43.htm
Ringstand open emplacement for 50mm KwK L/42
Kwk 50mm cannon - this one is on display
The area around this southern end of the landing beach at Utah, remains much the same as it would have appeared to the troops landing here on the morning of June 6th 1944.
Sources:
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_43.htm
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Beach
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°24'59"N 1°10'31"W
- Brécourt Manor 4.7 km
- Utah Beach 5.9 km
- Wreck of USS LST-523 7.6 km
- Wreck of USS Meredith (DD-726) 7.9 km
- Wreck of USS LST-499 8.5 km
- Wreck of USS PC-1261 10 km
- Wreck of USS Rich (DE-695) 11 km
- Wreck of USS Corry (DD-463) 12 km
- Wreck of USS Glennon (DD-620) 12 km
- Wreck of USS YMS-304 16 km
- Memorial to D Day 0.1 km
- Utah Beach Museum 0.1 km
- La Madelaine 0.8 km
- Champ de Course 0.8 km
- Bunker WN8 2 R501 1.7 km
- Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 3.5 km
- Brecourt Battery 4.7 km
- Brécourt Manor 4.8 km
- Oyster beds 7 km
- Saint Marcouf Islands 9 km