Merville Gun Battery

Merville Gun Battery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Merville Gun Battery is a decommissioned coastal fortification in Normandy, France, which was built as part of the Germans' Atlantic Wall to defend continental Europe from Allied invasion. It was a particularly heavily fortified position and one of the first places to be attacked by Allied forces during the Normandy Landings commonly known as D-Day. A British force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway succeeded in capturing this position, suffering heavy casualties. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military structure
date from: World War II

Source: en.wikipedia.org