La Mare-Fontaine battery

by , KilroyTrip

Coded battery WN32 located southwest of Ver-sur-Mer, the battery faces the Gold landing beach. Built by the Germans, the battery consists of 4 casemates of the Regelbau H669 type. It was taken by the 6th Green Howards British unit of the 50th D.I. on June 6, 1944.

Coded battery WN32 located southwest of Ver-sur-Mer, the battery faces the Gold landing beach. Built by the Germans, the battery consists of 4 casemates of the Regelbau H669 type. It was taken by the 6th Green Howards British unit of the 50th D.I. on June 6, 1944.