The Crisbecq Battery (sometimes called Marcouf Battery) was a German World War II artillery battery constructed by the Todt Organization near the French village of Saint-Marcouf in the department of Manche in the north-east of Cotentin peninsula in Normandy. It formed a part of Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. The main armament were three Czech 21 cm Kanone 39 canons, two of which housed in heavily fortified casemates up to 10 feet thick of concrete. The battery, with a range of 27–33 kilometers (17–21 miles), could cover the beaches between Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Pointe du Hoc.
The battery engaged US ships on D-Day (6 June 1944) and was evacuated by the Germans on 11 June 1944 and took no further part in the Normandy landings.
The CrisbecqBattery (sometimes called Marcouf Battery) was a German World War II artillery battery constructed by the Todt Organization near the French...
Division, was killed in action on June 7, 1944, in Normandy, at the CrisbecqBattery. Technical Sergeant Robert Joseph "Bob" Niland (February 2, 1919 –...
commander of the CrisbecqBattery, was also credited with being the first to discover the Allied invasion fleet through the battery rangefinder. Pluskat...
Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) for the defense of the CrisbecqBattery against the American 4th Infantry Division, which landed on Utah Beach...
conjunction with the Crisbecqbattery the shellfire from the two batteries hampered the advance of the American 4th Infantry Division. The battery was fired upon...
defence of the sector between the Longues-sur-Mer and the St Marcouf (Crisbecq) batteries. It covered the sectors around both Omaha Beach and Utah Beach, which...
Memorial Pegasus Merville Battery Museum 'The Grand Bunker' Atlantikwall Museum Airborne Museum - Sainte-Mère-Eglise CrisbecqBattery Museum Memorial of Montormel...
The Battle of Merville Gun Battery was a series of British assaults beginning 6 June 1944, as part of Operation Tonga, part of the Normandy landings,...
Corry, the worst naval loss of the D-Day landings, was hit by the CrisbecqBattery, whose three 210-millimeter (8.25-inch) guns had a range of 17–21 mi...
The Merville Gun Battery is a decommissioned coastal fortification in Normandy, France, which was built as part of the Germans' Atlantic Wall to defend...
war the battery was re-used by the French army. The battery and surrounding area was put up for sale in 2016. Azeville batteryCrisbecqBattery Longues-sur-Mer...
assigned the task of assaulting and destroying the Merville Gun Battery, an artillery battery that Allied intelligence believed housed a number of heavy artillery...
Three of the four guns in a large emplacement at the Longues-sur-Mer battery were disabled by direct hits from the cruisers Ajax and Argonaut at 06:20...
artillery battery at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, capture buildings nearby at Mésières believed used as barracks and a command post for the artillery battery, capture...
that had been laid by the RAF to shield the fleet from the long-range battery at Le Havre. Allied losses to mines included the American destroyer USS Corry...
example, the battery at Merville was not hit, the bombing of the Longues battery was accurate yet ineffective and the Houlgate battery was damaged but...
The Houlgate battery (also called the Battery de Tournebride) was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Houlgate...
division's secondary objective was the destruction of the Merville gun battery, which could engage ships landing nearby at Sword. To prevent German reinforcements...
The Mont Canisy battery was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Benerville-sur-Mer in the Calvados department...
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