Bunker WN10 1 R612
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville /
D421
World
/ France
/ Basse-Normandie
/ Saint-Martin-de-Varreville
Second World War 1939-1945, place with historical importance, bunker
German WW2 Atlantikwall Bunker, Widerstandsnest 10, Les Temples
Type Regelbau 612 bunker for 75mm KwK L/60 with no annex
It has a curious open embrasure on the North side with no cover. It has shell damage on the rear side, where the expanding US bridgehead came from.
Sources:
bunkersite.com/locations/france/normandie/612-varre.php
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_40.htm
IGN – Anc. Blockh. – Map scale 25 000°
Type Regelbau 612 bunker for 75mm KwK L/60 with no annex
It has a curious open embrasure on the North side with no cover. It has shell damage on the rear side, where the expanding US bridgehead came from.
Sources:
bunkersite.com/locations/france/normandie/612-varre.php
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_40.htm
IGN – Anc. Blockh. – Map scale 25 000°
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Beach
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°26'46"N 1°12'39"W
- Utah Beach 1.7 km
- Wreck of USS LST-499 5.8 km
- Brécourt Manor 6.2 km
- Wreck of USS LST-523 6.4 km
- Wreck of USS PC-1261 6.9 km
- Wreck of USS Corry (DD-463) 8.1 km
- Wreck of USS Rich (DE-695) 8.6 km
- Wreck of USS Glennon (DD-620) 9 km
- Wreck of USS Meredith (DD-726) 10 km
- Wreck of USS YMS-304 12 km
- Bunker WN8 2 R501 2.4 km
- La Madelaine 4 km
- Utah Beach Museum 4.3 km
- Memorial to D Day 4.3 km
- Champ de Course 4.4 km
- Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 5.6 km
- Brecourt Battery 6.2 km
- Brécourt Manor 6.4 km
- Saint Marcouf Islands 7 km
- Oyster beds 11 km