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German Coastal Battery La Marefontaine

(France - Basse-Normandie - Ver-sur-Mer)

This German coastal battery was armed with four Czechoslovak 100 mm guns and had a range of 9 Kilometres. During the Allied landings on the Normandie beaches in June 1944, it was shelled by the British cruiser HMS Belfast. The German garrison surrendered quickly without putting a fight to the approuching British troops, who were aided by flame thrower tanks of the 141th regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps.

Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Dennis Peeters