Va-04 Bégo support point

The site of Bégo codified Va 04 counts nearly  180 works  in the dunes that sheltered 700 soldiers, this strongpoint had the mission not only to warn of an Allied landing on the beaches of the Atlantic seaboard but also to protect the German U-Boot (submarine) base at Lorient.

Photo credit Eric Le Bourvellec 

The site of Bégo codified Va 04 counts nearly 180 works in the dunes that sheltered 700 soldiers, this strongpoint had the mission not only to warn of an Allied landing on the beaches of the Atlantic seaboard but also to protect the German U-Boot (submarine) base at Lorient.Photo credit Eric Le Bourvellec