Merville Gun Battery

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.

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Atlantic Wall, bunker, Q142, 

• Base Mérimée page^@
• listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page^@
• Maisons des Illustres page^@
• monument historique classé page^@
• monument historique inscrit page^@
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Location: 49.2694, -0.1978, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Merville Gun Battery ⓘ
  bunker in Mellevile, Calvados, France

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  Caves of the Anguillère ⓘ
  Marine caves in Calvados, France

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

Frameless

Merville2 web

Merville-Bombardement

Merville2 web

Merville-Bombardement

Batterie de Merville

Batterie de Merville

BL 5 5 inch Normandy

Merville Gun Battery, a coastal fortification from World War II in Normandy, France.

Merville Gun Battery, a coastal fortification from World War II in Normandy, France.

Merville battery-Blockhouse1-entrance

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Base Mérimée page@		Wikidata
link	page		listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@		Wikidata
link	page		Maisons des Illustres page@		Wikidata
link	page		monument historique classé page@		Wikidata
link	page		monument historique inscrit page@		Wikidata
site	bunker		Merville Gun Battery	bunker	Wikidata
site	cave		Caves of the Anguillère	cave	Wikidata
site	mine		Unknown	flint mine	Wikidata
commons	image		Merville2 web		Commons
commons	image		Merville-Bombardement		Commons
commons	image		Merville2 web		Commons
commons	image		Merville-Bombardement		Commons
commons	image		Batterie de Merville		Commons
commons	image		Batterie de Merville		Commons
commons	image		BL 5 5 inch Normandy		Commons
commons	image		Merville Gun Battery, a coastal fortification from World War II in Normandy, France.		Commons
commons	image		Merville Gun Battery, a coastal fortification from World War II in Normandy, France.		Commons
commons	image		Merville battery-Blockhouse1-entrance		Commons