Here also are two more pictures of the Normandy Beaches.
Hope they are of interest to you if not just say so and I'll not
post any others.
This First paragraph relates to the above photo of Longues sur Mer.
Coastal battery at Longues-sur-Mer With its 150-mm guns, Wn. 48,
the coastal battery at Longues-sur-Mer, covered both Omaha Beach
and Gold Beach. In the hours before D-Day the Allies heavily
bombed this battery, but it kept on firing until the evening of June 6th.
Without further fighting, the British took this position the following day.
This battery is the only one to have kept its 150mm guns and is in
great condition. There are four Regelbau M 272 bunkers, each with
a 150mm gun which could shoot up to 19.5 kilometers (about 12.5 miles).
They sit a few hundred yards back from the edge of the 65 meter high
(220 foot high) cliff. In spite of the massive bunkers protecting them,
they face the beaches, and were thus very vulnerable to accurate naval fire.
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The first Photo is Omaha Beach.
Hopefully this will give you an idea of the open ground on the beach
the GIs had to cross and the Krauts had literally zeroed in on just
about any spot on these beaches they wanted to hit. Makes you
realize just how brave the GIs were against these odds.
Second Photo is Utah Beach
Luckily the landing craft were off course so that when they landed
on Utah,it was on a much less defended section, but it still wasn't
what you would call a Summer's Day Walk at the Beach!!
Sgtleo 