Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Longues-sur-Mer battery in Normandy is located between the Allied landing beaches of Goldand Omaha and shelled both beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944). The battery was just completed in April 1944.
Four casemates (M272) were built each with a 150mm TK C/36 marine gun with a range of 20 km.
Fire control was managed from a two-story command post located 300 m in front of the guns on the cliff edge. Also situated at the battery were ammunition bunkers and shelters for defending troops. Three 20 mm anti-aircraft guns were placed at the battery with a searchlight. Around the battery was a minefield, barbed wire fences and machine-gun and mortar pits for defence. The battery had a garrison of 184 officers and men, under initial Kriegsmarine command were later transferred to the Heer.
The battery was bombed heavily before DDay and then shelled by ships on the early morning of June 6th. It was able to return fire and fired over 100 shots. The battery was captured on June 7.
Music The White Lion by Guilherme Bernardes William from Pixabay
The Longues-sur-Mer battery in Normandy is located between the Allied landing beaches of Goldand Omaha and shelled both beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944). The battery was just completed in April 1944.
Four casemates (M272) were built each with a 150mm TK C/36 marine gun with a range of 20 km.
Fire control was managed from a two-story command post located 300 m in front of the guns on the cliff edge. Also situated at the battery were ammunition bunkers and shelters for defending troops. Three 20 mm anti-aircraft guns were placed at the battery with a searchlight. Around the battery was a minefield, barbed wire fences and machine-gun and mortar pits for defence. The battery had a garrison of 184 officers and men, under initial Kriegsmarine command were later transferred to the Heer.
The battery was bombed heavily before DDay and then shelled by ships on the early morning of June 6th. It was able to return fire and fired over 100 shots. The battery was captured on June 7.
Music The White Lion by Guilherme Bernardes William from Pixabay
