Normandy 1944
Azeville Battery
D-Day · Battery · German coastal artillery
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaUtah Beach & the drop zones
TypeD-Day · Battery · German coastal artillery
Time to allow1 h
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.46100, -1.30600
The story
Four casemates linked by tunnels, painted to look like houses; fired on Utah and held out until 9 June.
What to look for
Walkable tunnels; pair with Crisbecq.
Nearby sites
- Crisbecq (Marcouf) Battery · 2 km
- Ravenoville / Marmion Farm area · 3 km
- Lt. Thomas Meehan / Stick 66 C-47 Memorial · 4 km
- Sainte-Mère-Église · 6 km
- Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église · 6 km
- Landing/scatter area — Winters · 6 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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