Trou23 Butte de Freville

HQ · StP.Gruppe Trouville · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France

Trou023 Butte de Freville

Stab. Gren.Rgt.731. Head quarters of the 731st Grenadier Regiment of the 711the Infantry Division. They covered Deauville, Trouville and Hennequeville. Defending the coastal strip with three battalions and about 100 defence positions to cover.

Picture: France, near Saint-Lô. German officers evaluating aerial photographs (Luftwaffe First Lieutenant, Army Colonel, and Army Major with Narvik shield). On the wall, a map labelled "St. Lô"; circa July 1944; Luftwaffe Command West

Bundesarchiv

Trou023 Butte de Freville

Stab. Gren.Rgt.731.
1 x R608 Battalion & Regimental Headquarters bunker.
1 x R622 twin group bunker.
3 x Abri unknown.

IGN from SD

Trou023 Butte de Freville

R608 Battalion & Regimental Headquarters bunker.

1 - Crew.
2 - Commander.
3 - Non com. officers.
4 - Store.
5 - Plotting room.
6 - Wireless.
7 - Work room.
8 - Ventilation.
9 - Gas lock.
10 - Close combat defence.
11 - Entrance.
12 - Tobruk defence.

Plan Kurt

Trou023 Butte de Freville

On August 24, two days after the capture of Deauville under the fire of the German 711. Infantry-Division, the Piron Brigade have to cross the Touques River but the bridges spanning it was destroyed. Some soldiers swim, others employ makeshift means designed by the sappers. Meanwhile, the German artillery is carrying out several barrage shots in the area. Resistance fighters, already engaged in Deauville to help the Allied soldiers, once again guide the Belgian and Luxembourg soldiers to seize the entire city.

From https://en.indeauville.fr/les-hommes-qui-ont-libere-la-france