The Batterie d’Azeville was another part of Hitler’s Atlantic wall, designed to prevent an invasion from Britain. The most obvious features are four concrete casements. There are apparently also various tunnels, although it was not obvious how to visit these – the museum appeared to be closed when visited.
Machine gun placement.
View out from one of the casements.
Gun mounting bolts embedded into the concrete.
Ventilation equipment.
One of the casements at Batterie d’Azeville has been quite artistically decorated. This appeared to be inaccessible, on private property.
Some kind of storage bunker.
Inside the storage bunker.
The steel rebars are visible through the concrete in a few places.
Worth a visit as you can tour the tunnels(need to book this) connecting the various parts of the batterie.They were painted to look like farm buildings just about visible.This gun batterie received orders to fire upon the Crisbecque gun batterie to drive off the attacking American Rangers,this action succeeded.The Crisbecque batterie is attributed to sinking an American destroyer during the D Day landings.
Comment by m hewitt — July 15, 2010 @ 2:38 pm