Stützpunkt 05 Franceville West - Vf6a
Stützpunkt 05 Franceville West is constructed to protect the eastern entrance of the harbour of Ouistreham and the "Canal de Caen". The stützpunkt is constructed around a French fort built in 1779.
The Vf6a (Verstärkt Feldmäßig 6 a) is a "Beobachtungsstand, splittersicher".
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Source
- Text: Barry van veen
- Photos: Bertrand Nollet
Nearby
Museum
- Atlantikwall - Museé de la Batterie de Merville - Merville-Franceville
- The Grand Bunker Atlantic Wall Museum - Ouistreham
- Museé du débarquement nº 4 Commando - Ouistreham
Point of interest
- Douglas C-47 Transport Plane Merville - Merville-Franceville
- Tribute to Léon Gautier - Ouistreham
- Château d'Amfreville - Amfreville
Monument
- Memorial Brigade Piron Sallenelles - Sallenelles
- Merville Battery Cross of Sacrifice - Merville-Franceville
- Memorial No. 3. Commando Merville - Merville-Franceville
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Merville-Franceville-Plage - Merville-Franceville-Plage
- Commonwealth War Graves Ouistreham - Ouistreham
- Commonwealth War Graves Breville - Breville
Fortification
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