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War vestiges 39-45 in Normandy

Retrouvez les 13 remnants of the Second World War of the Normandy region recensés par Musée du Patrimoine de France.
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Sélection de 8 remnants of the second world war sur 13 en Normandie

Arromanches-les-Bains radar station
War vestiges 39-45
14117 Arromanches-les-Bains

The Arromanches-les-Bains radar station, remains of the Atlantic Wall, dates from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Located in Calvados, it dominates the artificial port Mulberry and houses the remains of a Würzburg radar.
Beach Defense Battery
German battery
14960 Asnelles

The Asnelles battery, built in the 2nd quarter of the 20th century, is a work of the Atlantic Wall located in Asnelles, Normandy, which played a key role during the Disembarkation of 1944.
Riva-Bella shooting direction post
War vestiges 39-45
14150 Ouistreham

Riva-Bella's fire direction post, built in the 1940s in Ouistreham, Calvados, is an iconic bunker of the Atlantic Wall, now transformed into a Second World War museum.
Merville Battery
German battery
14810 Merville-Franceville-Plage

The Merville battery, built in the 1940s at Merville-Franceville-Plage in Normandy, is a German coastal fortification of the Atlantic Wall, famous for its heroic assault by British paratroopers during the 1944 Disembarkation.
Longues sur Mer German Battery
German battery
14400 Longues-sur-Mer

The German battery of Longues-sur-Mer, built between 1943 and 1944, is a vestige of the Atlantic Wall located in Calvados. This strategic site, equipped with four 150 mm guns, played a key role during the Normandy Landing in June 1944.
Battery of Crisbecq in Saint-Marcouf
German battery
50310 Saint-Marcouf

The Crisbecq battery, built in the 1940s in Saint-Marcouf, Normandy, is a powerful German coastal battery of the Atlantic Wall, famous for having fired the first shots of the Allied landing in 1944.
Brécourt V1 launch ramp
War vestiges 39-45
50120 Equeurdreville-Hainneville

The Brécourt V1 launch ramp, built in the 1940s in Equeurdreville-Hainneville, Manche, is a unique vestige of the Atlantic Wall, used by the Luftwaffe for V1 and V2 missiles.
Batterie du Roc in Granville
German battery
50400 Granville

The Roc in Granville is a 20th century military ensemble, integrated with the Atlantic Wall, dominating the Normandy coast with its casemates and cannons.