Crisbecq Battery
The Crisbecq Battery (sometimes called Marcouf Battery) was a German World War II artillery battery constructed by the Todt Organization near the French village of Saint-Marcouf in the department of Manche in the north-east of Cotentin peninsula in Normandy. It formed a part of Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. The main armament were three Czech 21 cm Kanone 39 canons, two of which housed in heavily fortified casemates up to 10 feet thick of concrete. The battery, with a range of 27–33 kilometers (17–21 miles), could cover the beaches between Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Pointe du Hoc.
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Crisbecq Battery
The Crisbecq Battery (sometimes called Marcouf Battery) was a German World War II artillery battery constructed by the Todt Organization near the French village of Saint-Marcouf in the department of Manche in the north-east of Cotentin peninsula in Normandy. It formed a part of Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. The main armament were three Czech 21 cm Kanone 39 canons, two of which housed in heavily fortified casemates up to 10 feet thick of concrete. The battery, with a range of 27–33 kilometers (17–21 miles), could cover the beaches between Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Pointe du Hoc.
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Die Marine-Küsten-Batterie Cri ...... gt und kann besichtigt werden.
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La batterie de Crisbecq égalem ...... tteries de canons de Marcouf).
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The Crisbecq Battery (sometime ...... part in the Normandy landings.
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A 210 mm Škoda gun in its casemate
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Kriegsmarine Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 260
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Concrete and steel
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Crisbecq Battery
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Die Marine-Küsten-Batterie Cri ...... gt und kann besichtigt werden.
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La batterie de Crisbecq égalem ...... es sur les côtes de Normandie.
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The Crisbecq Battery (sometime ...... t-la-Hougue and Pointe du Hoc.
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Batterie de Crisbecq
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Batterie von Crisbecq
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Batterij van Crisbecq
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Crisbecq Battery
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