Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
4./ Grenadier-Regiment 736.
2 x Vf58c Tobruk.
1 x Feldm.
Vf58 Tobruk.
Tobruk.
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
Situated just back from the beach.
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
Wn19 was situated north of Colleville-sur-Orne and today there is very little remaining.
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
It looks as though it was set into a hedge row and the white marks left could be the two Tobruk's were??
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
Its a slightly longer Tobruk than normal?
It may be a Bf67neu?
Tobruk design.
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Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
Vf_Ic116
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
To me this looks like a hurriedly made Tobruk. Its longer than it should be and is not finished off as most Tobruks were.
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
The commando advance inland
Showing up as the field with surrounding trees..
The countryside has changed a lot, fields are larger and hedgerows removed.
Suddenly the column
came to a halt. I pushed my way up a little lane with high hedgerows on either side and came to a gap where the hedge had been broken. On the far side of the gap a clump of bushes and there I saw my Second-in-Command. His face was a mass of blood. He had been hit by a grenade. He was in a shocking mess; knowing that speed was essential he had gallantly tried to rush a pillbox and received a stick grenade in the face.
Somehow this had to be sorted out really quickly. There was no possibility of an alternative approach without running into more trouble. A wireless message came from Lord Lovat: 'Why are you halted?' The rest of the brigade, it must be remembered, was following in our tracks. It was our job t blaze a trail.
About seventy yards away on the right I saw a British D.D. tank, which had come straight up a track from the beach. It lumbered forward and fired two rounds; the first on did no damage, but the second one split the pillbox like a rotten apple.
Now this action could have happened here??
(Commando Papers)
Plan of possible attack.
Commandos advancing.
Attack.
DD Sherman.
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
The German artillery fire plan for Wn19 actually marked on the plan. Also the names 'Feiburg', 'Füssen' & 'Engers' are the fire targets for beach drenching if the beach is attacked as it was on D-Day.
7.5cm Field Kannon.
7.5cm Field Gun.
15cm Kannon.
Wn19 Colleville-sur-Orne (nord)
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