Brécourt Manor
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont /
Brécourt
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Second World War 1939-1945, historic landmark

The site of a German artillery battery in the Normandy Invasion (north of the actual manor).
Originally thought to be 88 mm guns, later found out to be 105 mm howitzers.
The battery was responsible for bombarding Allied troops making their way off Utah Beach along Causeway #2.
First Lieutenant Richard Winters, a commanding officer of Easy Company of the 506th PIR, a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, led a small force of about 13 soldiers and disabled the battery, thus making it easier for troops advancing from Utah Beach.
The battery has been immortalized in various media. The HBO adaptation of Stephen Ambrose's book "Band of Brothers" which follows the same Easy Company through WW2, contains a scene devoted to the skirmish.
Also, the PC game "Call of Duty" (2003) contains a single-player map and a multi-player map where gameplay takes place at the battery at Brecourt Manor.
Source:
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/brecourt_manoir.htm
Originally thought to be 88 mm guns, later found out to be 105 mm howitzers.
The battery was responsible for bombarding Allied troops making their way off Utah Beach along Causeway #2.
First Lieutenant Richard Winters, a commanding officer of Easy Company of the 506th PIR, a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, led a small force of about 13 soldiers and disabled the battery, thus making it easier for troops advancing from Utah Beach.
The battery has been immortalized in various media. The HBO adaptation of Stephen Ambrose's book "Band of Brothers" which follows the same Easy Company through WW2, contains a scene devoted to the skirmish.
Also, the PC game "Call of Duty" (2003) contains a single-player map and a multi-player map where gameplay takes place at the battery at Brecourt Manor.
Source:
www.atlantikwall.org.uk/brecourt_manoir.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecourt_Manor
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°23'21"N 1°13'35"W
- Utah Beach 7.8 km
- La Fière Causeway 11 km
- Wreck of USS LST-523 12 km
- Wreck of USS Meredith (DD-726) 12 km
- Wreck of USS LST-499 12 km
- Wreck of USS PC-1261 13 km
- Wreck of USS Corry (DD-463) 14 km
- Wreck of USS Rich (DE-695) 15 km
- Wreck of USS Glennon (DD-620) 16 km
- Wreck of USS YMS-304 18 km
- Brecourt Battery 0.2 km
- Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 1.2 km
- La Madelaine 4 km
- Champ de Course 4 km
- Memorial to D Day 4.7 km
- Utah Beach Museum 4.7 km
- Bunker WN8 2 R501 5.2 km
- Bunker StP12 2 R667 8.1 km
- Oyster beds 10 km
- Saint Marcouf Islands 13 km