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 in the Calvados department in the Lower Normandy region. Built into the top of a 300 ft (91 m) cliff, the bunker complex was created to protect the western bank of the mouth of the River Seine and was 10 mi (16 km) east of the Normandy landing beach Sword which it shelled. The former fire control post has been turned into an orientation table. The battery is 8 km west of the Mont Canisy battery.
The Houlgatebattery (also called the Battery de Tournebride) was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Houlgate...
Houlgate (French pronunciation: [ulɡat] ) is a small tourist resort in northwestern France along the English Channel with a beach and a casino. It is a...
Foucher's farm). The battery is 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the Houlgatebattery. A French naval coastal battery was on the site from 1935 to 1940. In 1940 the guns...
example, the battery at Merville was not hit, the bombing of the Longues battery was accurate yet ineffective and the Houlgatebattery was damaged but...
The Crisbecq Battery (sometimes called Marcouf Battery) was a German World War II artillery battery constructed by the Todt Organization near the French...
The Maisy Battery is a group of World War II artillery batteries that was constructed in secret by the German Wehrmacht near the French village of Grandcamp-Maisy...
assigned the task of assaulting and destroying the Merville Gun Battery, an artillery battery that Allied intelligence believed housed a number of heavy artillery...
The Merville Gun Battery is a decommissioned coastal fortification in Normandy, France, which was built as part of the Germans' Atlantic Wall to defend...
The Azeville battery was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Azeville in the Manche department in the Normandy...
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,...
Operation Sunstar was a Second World War raid on Houlgate in Normandy, France over the night of 22/23 November 1941. British Commandos of No. 9 Commando...
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...
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...
Amfreville battery (also known as York battery) was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Querqueville, 5 km...
(Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Chastity Gun batteries Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places...
ships in Omaha Bombardment Group Maisy battery – WW2 German fortifications in Normandy, France - German battery behind Omaha Beach - active on D-day Saving...
(Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Chastity Gun batteries Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places...
(Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Chastity Gun batteries Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places...
(Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Chastity Gun batteries Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places...
Dives-sur-Mer and Cabourg were taken on the morning of 21 August and Houlgate in the afternoon. The brigade took Villers-sur-Mer and Deauville on 22...
(Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Chastity Gun batteries Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places...
(Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Chastity Gun batteries Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places...
division's secondary objective was the destruction of the Merville gun battery, which could engage ships landing nearby at Sword. To prevent German reinforcements...
(Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Chastity Gun batteries Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places...
the 30 metres (98 ft) cliffs with ropes and ladders to destroy the gun battery located there. While under fire from above, the men scaled the cliff, only...
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