Longues-sur-Mer Battery, Bayeux
The Longues-sur-Mer Battery was part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications along the Bay of Seine between Omaha and Gold Beach, installed to oppose the 6 June 1944 attacks.
The Longues-sur-Mer Battery was part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications along the Bay of Seine between Omaha and Gold Beach, installed to oppose the 6 June 1944 attacks. It comprised four 152-mm navy guns in concrete casemates, a 120-mm gun, command post, shelters for personnel and ammunition, and several defensive machine-gun emplacements, much of which is intact today.
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About Longues-sur-Mer Battery
Site de la Batterie, Rue de la Mer, 14400 Longues-sur-Mer, France
+33 2 31 21 46 87
Longues-sur-Mer Battery and Nearby Sights on Map
Aure du Commun
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Bayeux Tapestry Museum
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Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy
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Reporters Memorial
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