Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

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Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Covering the two beaches each side of Pointe de Landemer La Houe also Wn119a an R667 casemate for an 8.8cm Pak 43/41 gun..

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

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Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

The main defence is on the point, but somewhere around December - April. An R667 casemate for an 8.8cm Pak 43/41. These guns were becoming available in 1943 and were fitted into R677 casemates and would have decimated any landings on the beach.

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Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

1 x R677 casemate.

1 x Vf69 mortar Tobruk.

4 x Vf8 Tobruk's.

1 x Vf/Pak Stand

3 x Unterstands/shelters.

2 x Nr1694 ringstand.

2 x 5cm KwK L/42.

1 x 8.8cm Pak 43/41.

SHM

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

This is an R677 casemate using the design for bunkers that were built in built up areas. Unlike most bunkers that have rounded edges, these are sharp, as in a building. So that they can be camouflaged to look like a house. There is another at Wn140 Morsalines Le Hutrel, K.V.U.Gr St Vaast. To the south.

02 January 2000

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

SHM's picture with the gun removed. You can see here the squared off shape of the bunker.

SHM

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Embrasure.

02 January 2000

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Gun room looking from the rear entrance.

02 January 2000

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Range card for an 8.8cm Pak 43/41.

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

02 January 2000

Plan of the extraction piping set into the concrete of the bunker when it was constructed.

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Ammunition niche, one each side of the rear door. Another item in the picture is an Eisenpfahel barbed wire fence post.

02 January 2000

Large wooden box that the complete shells came in.

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

The rear of the casemate.

02 January 2000

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Note here that there is an entrance to the Tobruk, local defence on the left side.

SHM

Tobruk is the red dot on the picture. Note the grass is still growing on the roof where it was planted in 1944.

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Bits and pieces leaning up against the wall. One is a screw picket post, like Eisenpfahel it holds up barbed wire.

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Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Landemer village from the D1.

25 September 2005

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Parking up and taking the last photo, I noticed this concrete ammunition cabinet.

25 September 2005

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Now out on the point.

25 September 2005

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

The mine field MF.61 runs down the coast to the next defence.

German defence map

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

The first Tobruk in a garden.

22 November 2008

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

This is a mortar bunker for an 8cm mortar. The main Tobruk for the mortar with a second for an observer/close combat machine gunner. An ammunition room for the mortar bombs completes the bunker.

22 November 2008

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

If a landing had taken place, these mortars could rain down 8cm mortar bombs in a 360° area around the bunker. More infantry were killed and injured by mortar and shell fire. than by bullets.

2001

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Sorry about the pictures condition, I cannot find the originals to properly replicate them.

2001

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

The remains that we found.

22 November 2008

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

A 5cm KwK L/42 would have used this ringstand. A redundant tank gun that was re used in a centre mounting in these simple ringstands. Ready ammunition could be stored around the inside of the wall.

25 September 2005

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

This Tobruk's machine gun would have covered the 5cm gun team. Also spotted for the gun.

25 September 2005

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

22 November 2008

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

Vf8 Tobruk Plan.

Plan Kurt

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

22 November 2008

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

The next ringstand for a 5cm KwK L/42.

25 September 2005

Sprenggranatpatrone - detonating grenade cartridge.

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

25 September 2005

Wn119 Pointe de Landemer La Houe

I think this position is much older than WW2, all along this coast the French had to defend their coast from the dreaded English. Over the years the English constantly attacked the small fishing villages. Just like the Vikings had done in earlier times.

25 September 2005