Normandy 1944
Crisbecq (Marcouf) 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
GPS49.47992, -1.29672
The story
Heavy 210 mm naval battery that dueled with the fleet off Utah and was not taken until 12 June. Shows the scale of gun the Brécourt battery was a small cousin of.
What to look for
Casemates and museum north of Utah Beach.
Nearby sites
- Azeville Battery · 2 km
- Ravenoville / Marmion Farm area · 4 km
- Lt. Thomas Meehan / Stick 66 C-47 Memorial · 5 km
- Sainte-Mère-Église · 8 km
- Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église · 8 km
- Landing/scatter area — Winters · 8 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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