Emplacement StP234 4
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Fermanville /
Les Marettes
World
/ France
/ Basse-Normandie
/ Fermanville
Second World War 1939-1945, gun emplacement
German WW2 AtlanticWall Bunker, Stützpunkt 234, Battery Hamburg
Type SK Emplacement for 240 mm SKL40 with built in storage facility
Giant Emplacement for giant guns. These were not fully operational at D-Day, but housed one of the biggest guns in the atlantik wall. The walls of this position were shaved by the crew to allow the gun to rotate and face closer to the invasion beaches.
Used as vacation house for many years
Sources:
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_28.htm
bunkersite.com/locations/france/cherbourg/skgun-hamburg... www.bunkerpictures.nl/datasheets/france/cotentin/festun...
Type SK Emplacement for 240 mm SKL40 with built in storage facility
Giant Emplacement for giant guns. These were not fully operational at D-Day, but housed one of the biggest guns in the atlantik wall. The walls of this position were shaved by the crew to allow the gun to rotate and face closer to the invasion beaches.
Used as vacation house for many years
Sources:
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_28.htm
bunkersite.com/locations/france/cherbourg/skgun-hamburg... www.bunkerpictures.nl/datasheets/france/cotentin/festun...
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wall
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Coordinates: 49°40'39"N 1°27'10"W
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