Free audioguided tour of the Azeville battery

Name: Free audioguided tour of the Azeville battery
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Batterie d'Azeville

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Last entry at 6:00.

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Come discover or rediscover one of the emblematic sites of the Atlantic Wall in Normandy. The construction, the arrival of the Germans, life under the Occupation, the relationship with the inhabitants... The audioguided route will take you to the 300 meters of underground and casemates of the site.

About the location

Batterie d'Azeville

Rue d'Azeville, 50310 Azeville

Manche
Normandie

The battery(drum kit) of Azeville is one of the first constructions of the Atlantic Wall in France. Having provided with four powerful blockhouses equipped with 105 mm standard(cannon) "Schneider", it covered coastal region manchois since the inside of lands. Azeville, Crisbecq (Saint-Marcouf) and Varreville established(constituted) the German batteries(drum kits) in charge of defending(forbidding) all sector. From night from 5 till 6 June, the battery(drum kit) of Azeville is taken to task by a group of parachutists fallen there by accident, then very early in the morning, it goes into action against the American disembarkation(unloading) of Utah Beach. She(It) delays then considerably the Allies which by-pass her(it). Finally, position falls June 9th after intense fights and rebounds: shootings(firings) on the battery(drum kit) of Crisbecq, bombardment by the battleship USS Nevada a blockhouse of which one of the shells crosses straight through without exploding, leaving behind him an impressive imprint always visible(obvious).
© Azeville battery