Tag: <span>battery</span>

Some more photos of the Longues-sur-Mer battery above Omaha and Gold Beaches.

The casemates and gun emplacements remain largely intact, providing a tangible reminder of the intense fighting that took place on the beaches of Normandy during the Allied invasion.

The guns could shoot over 20km, providing a real threat to the offshore allied ships.

Inside one of the gun casemates.

Like most D-Day sights, its open at no cost to the public.

The Longues-sur-Mer battery are some of the many guns forming the Atlantic Wall from World War 2. The guns are 5inch Naval guns repurposed as coastal defence, and the roof and walls are over 2m thick. This particular battery had three guns, all of which are still in place (needless to say none of them work).