WW2 German bunker complex near Sword Beach, Normandy, France
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Hillman Fortress
Part of Atlantic Wall
Normandy, France
Reconstitution on the Hillman site
Map of the location of the Hillman bunker complex in Normandy
Legend 1 : Command post (artillery) 2 : Command post (infantry) 3 :Memorial of Suffolk Rgt 4 : Well 5 : Water tank 6 : Southern guard post 7 : Platform (tank crossing) 8 : Cookhouse 9 : Eastern guard post 10 : Northern guard post
The Hillman Fortress (French: Site fortifié Hillman, German: Widerstandsnest 17) was a German bunker complex and command post built during the Second World War and located near Colleville-Montgomery in Normandy, France. The bunker complex, designated as Hill 61 and codenamed Hillman by the British, was attacked on 6 June 1944 by the Suffolk Regiment and the fortress finally surrendered the following morning.[1] The delay in taking the bunker complex has been cited as a reason for the Allies not completing their major D-Day objective of taking Caen.[1]
The bunkers are now open as a museum and run by local volunteers.
^ abZaloga, Steven J (2013). D-Day Fortifications in Normandy. UK: Osprey Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1841768762.
The HillmanFortress (French: Site fortifié Hillman, German: Widerstandsnest 17) was a German bunker complex and command post built during the Second...
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Colleville-sur-Orne was captured after about an hour of fighting. The nearby 'Hillman' strongpoint, headquarters of the 736th Infantry Regiment, was a large...
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Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Publishing. ISBN 0-8117-3384-X. Kaufmann, J. E.; Kaufmann, H. W. (2003). Fortress Third Reich. Da Capo Press. Fortin, Ludovic (2004). British Tanks in Normandy...
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Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
moved in and surrounded them. The Brest garrison, Festung Brest, meaning "Fortress Brest", as German propaganda referred to surrounded cities, was put under...
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Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 HillmanFortress Pegasus Bridge Military cemeteries in Normandy See also Atlantic Wall...
Colleville but was delayed further inland at strongpoints Daimler, Hillman, Morris and Rover. Hillman dominated the road south towards Caen and had been so cleverly...
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