Stützpunkt 05 Franceville West - 506
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 Regelbau 506 is a "Pakkasematte für 4.7 cm Festungpak".
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Source
- Text: Barry van veen
- Photos: Bertrand Nollet
Nearby
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- Atlantikwall - Museé de la Batterie de Merville - Merville-Franceville
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Monument
- Memorial Brigade Piron Sallenelles - Sallenelles
- Memorial Appeal of 18 June Ouistreham - Ouistreham
- War Memorial Sallenelles - Sallenelles
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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