Et05 Étretat falais amont

WN · K.V.Gruppe Etretat · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

The town was circled with defences, Et01 & Et03 had gun casemates covering the rear entrances into the town and on the sea side in cliffs to the N/E were tunnels in the chalk and casemates for a 5cm KwK & a 7.5cm Pak 40 plus many other machine gun and pill boxes.

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Memorial.

05 March 2012

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

Et05

1 x 7.5cm Pak 40.

1 x 5cm KwK L/60.

1 x Observation.

1 x Stollen (a rich German fruit and nut loaf) tunnels.

Several trenches and Pill Box defences.

30 September 1945 Geoportail

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

The east side of the town.

05 March 2012

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

This is a very early occupation photo. There seems no beach defence yet and no armed men. The Chapel on the top of the hill is still there. It was pulled down due to it being able to be seen from far out to sea.

1940/41

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

At the far end of the town in the cliff can be seen a large repair where a 5cm KwK L60 & a 7.5cm Pak 40 was placed in a concrete emplacement.

05 March 2012

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

6 - Casemate ?

7 - Casemate pour 50mm.

8 - Casemate pour Mitrailleuse.

9 - Abri souterrain avec galérie.

SHM

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

Looking down at the cliff repair. The Chapel was pulled down in the war and rebuilt post war.

05 March 2012

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

Around the end of the war.
The barbed wire is rusty, the casemates can still be seen inside the chalk cliff.

1945

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

These are all the holes in the cliff, observations and gun emplacements.

1945

Wn Et05 Étretat falaise amont

The larger bunker was a 5cm KwK L60 casemate. The small slot was to allow the used shell cases to be pushed down a tube and out of the bunker. Although

1940's