🔫 Longues-sur-Mer battery
WWII German coastal artillery fortification in Normandy
📋 Fast Facts
- German Atlantic Wall artillery battery constructed 1943
- Located on 60-meter cliffs overlooking the English Channel near Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy
- Four 150mm gun casemates operational until D-Day landings, June 1944
- Two gun casemates remain partially intact and accessible to visitors
The Longues-sur-Mer battery was a German artillery fortification built as part of the Atlantic Wall defensive system along the Normandy coast. Positioned on a 60-meter cliff face with clear sight lines to the sea, the battery consisted of four 150mm gun casemates designed to counter Allied naval activity and beach operations. The site remained functional until the D-Day invasion in June 1944, when it came under sustained bombardment from Allied forces ...