Several casemates, accommodation block, trench system
Site history
Built
1942 (1942)
Built by
Organisation Todt
In use
1942-44
Materials
Concrete and steel
Battles/wars
Battle of Normandy
Garrison information
Garrison
Wehrmacht
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 in Normandy.
It formed a part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications and was the principal position of defence for that area. It was responsible for the 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 were two of the five landing sites for the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.[1]: 143, 286
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The MaisyBattery 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...
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artillery from the nearby Maisybattery, on the fire support plan of heavy cruiser HMS Hawkins. The rediscovery of the battery at Maisy has shown that it was...
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of ships in Omaha Bombardment Group Maisybattery – WW2 German fortifications in Normandy, France - German battery behind Omaha Beach - active on D-day...
du Hoc, the Rangers were under fire from the nearby coastal gun battery at Maisy. (Maisy was a Rangers objective – taken on 9 June 1944). Colonel Schneider...
Stationery Office. Sterne, Gary (2013). The Cover Up at Omaha Beach: MaisyBattery and the US Rangers. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-1-84884-489-6...
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division's secondary objective was the destruction of the Merville gun battery, which could engage ships landing nearby at Sword. To prevent German reinforcements...
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