Wn07 Ouistreham Pointe du Siege (Sword Beach)
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Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Photo Reconnaissance Unit picture taken in 1941 showing the pointe, river estuary and the canal very clearly.
Kew NA 1941 PRU 20.11.41 F/14.0
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
2nd Grenadier-Regiment 736.
1 x Vf/Skoda.
1 x R634 six embrasured turret bunker.
2 x R667 Casemate for a 5cm KwK.
2 x Vf/Gr. W mortar.
7 x Tobruk's.
1 x 5cm Ringstand.
1 x Vf/MG.
1 x 4.7cm Pak 36(t).
2 x 5cm KwK L/60. .
1945
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Plan.
Caen Canal Ouistreham and Pointe du Siège Plan of what can be easily found today.
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Caen Canal Ouistreham and Pointe du Siège.
09 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R634 bunker for a six embrasured turret (dome).
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R634 bunker .
There would have been no port on the left bank just a vast area of sand and dunes.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R634 bunker'
A 20P7 Dome. Sechsschartentürm, six embrasured Cupola.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R630 looking back on Wn07.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R634 bunker
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Ouistreham lighthouse
MG. Stand. Nr.1694 Ringstand for a 5cm KwK Pak gun. Bf.58c Tobruk & an R667 casemate that may or may not have been built.
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Ouistreham lighthouse.
The building on the left is pre wartime and a French canal/port building.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Ouistreham lighthouse
Battle damage. There was quite a bit of two and fro, the Commandos turned up, found the defence was a bit more than they had imagines. So they turned right and carried on with their second target, Wn13 Pont sur le Canal, better known as Pegasus Bridge. That left the beach party that landed later and some Churchill Petard & flail tanks that came along and gradually took the position.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
5cm KwK Pak Ringstand.
The Ringstand is still there.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
5cm KwK Pak Ringstand.
Showing the field of fire this gun would have had.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
5cm KwK Pak Ringstand.
Camouflaged concrete on the Ringstand.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
The inner harbour just after the lock.
The port was to be taken by the Commandos on D-Day, they started to attack and started to get bogged down in a lot of street fighting. They disengaged and continued on to Benouville and the bridge. It took the Beach Defence group and some Churchill & Sherman AVRE's to clear the area the next day.
30 AU.
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Vf58c Tobruk.
There were several here and I now have found two.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Vf58c Tobruk now a flag stand.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
French Dreadnought Courbet
Named after Admiral Amédée Courbet she was sailed to England and taken over by the Free French forces and just after D-Day was either sailed or towed across the channel and sunk in shallow water off Ouistreham as a part of the Mulberry harbour on Sword Beach. The Germans expended a lot of energy on trying to sink her, the guns of Mont Canisy and Houlgate, also a mini submarine attack.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Pak gun garages??
These two garages could have been Pak garages for 2.5cm anti-tank guns??
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Pak gun garages??
Slits on this side may have been embrasures for rifle or machine guns covering the canal side.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Pak gun garages??
A closer look at the embrasure.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Pak gun garages??
Two garages and an extension is modern. I am not sure if these are original and air photos do not show them up clearly and this area was completely re modeled when a marina was built.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Pak gun garages??
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Number 23. There were probably many of these bollards both sides of the canal to tie up ships. First a cannon was set with a canon ball set in its open barrel and then made into a sand mold. The barrel removed and old melted iron poured into the mold. And a solid cast iron bollard is made.
10 October 2014
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Vf/GrW 8.14cm mortar Tobruk.
This mortar would easily cover the whole of the Wn07 defence.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Vf/GrW 80mm mortar Tobruk
A large Tobruk so an 8.14cm mortar could be used in safety inside it with 360deg it could cover a very large area. Certain areas would be pre marked on maps, plans and also sometimes painted on the rim of the Tobruk. Then if one of his platoon needed help, he could just call him on a field telephone and ask for support . If boats came in they could call White B and the mortars could fire on that square, if the infantry had reached the beach, then Black 2 could be called down.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Vf/GrW 8.14cm mortar Tobruk.
If you turn up in the summer look at the bank where a small piece of concrete sticking out.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Tobruk Vf58c.
The next Tobruk covers the eastern edge of the Pointe du Siège.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Tobruk Vf58c
The house The house has been recently built.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
Chemin de la Pointe du Siège.
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Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK Pak L/60.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK Pak L/60.
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
R667 casemate
Bricked up gun room on the right .
09 March 2013
Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siège.
09 March 2013