Battery Oldenburg
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Battery Oldenburg is a German artillery battery, built during World War II as part of the Atlantic Wall, and situated east of Calais. The battery began in 1940 with artillery guns in an open emplacement. The Organisation Todt built casemates around two 240mm guns during the war.
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Crécy campaign ⓘ
raid by an English army of Boulogne in 1346 -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1346-1347 siege by King Edward III during the Hundred Years' War -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1349 battle -
Battle of Ardres ⓘ
1351 battle during the Hundred Years' War -
Siege of Guînes ⓘ
Hundred Years' War siege -
Reims Campaign ⓘ
1359 military campaign -
Siege of Mercq ⓘ
1405 siege during the Hundred Years' War -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1436 failed siege of Calais by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1558 battle -
Battle of Gravelines ⓘ
1558 battle of the Italian War of 1551-59 -
Battle of Gravelines ⓘ
1588 naval battle between the English Fleet and Spanish Armada -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1596 battle -
Fight in the Channel ⓘ
1639 naval battle -
Siege of Gravelines ⓘ
1644 siege during the Franco-Spanish War -
Siege of Mardyck ⓘ
1646 siege -
Siege of Gravelines ⓘ
1658 siege -
Unknown ⓘ
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Battle of Dover Strait ⓘ
1916 naval battle of World War I -
Second Battle of Dover Strait ⓘ
1917 naval battle of the First World War -
Siege of Calais ⓘ
1940 battle -
Channel Dash ⓘ
1942 German naval operation during the Second World War -
batterie Flugplatz ⓘ
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Batterie Großer Kurfürst ⓘ
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Battery Oldenburg ⓘ
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Todt Battery ⓘ
Battery of coastal artillery built by Nazi Germany during World War II, located near Cape Gris-Nez, Pas de Calais, France. -
Batterie Lindemann ⓘ
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V-3 ⓘ
German supergun -
bunker in the dunes of Wissant ⓘ
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bunker on the beach of Wissant ⓘ
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Blockhaus d'Éperlecques ⓘ
Second World War bunker complex in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, built by Nazi Germany between March 1943 and July 1944 to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets directed against London and southern England -
Fort du Gris-Nez ⓘ
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Fort Mahon ⓘ
fort located on the coast of the Strait of Dover, northern France -
Fort Nieulay ⓘ
fort in Calais, France
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Fort Risban ⓘ
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Fortress of Mimoyecques ⓘ
Second World War underground military complex built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to house a battery of V-3 cannons aimed at London, 165 kilometres (103 mi) away. -
PS Duchess of Montrose ⓘ
clyde-built paddle steamer (1902-1917) -
SM UC-72 ⓘ
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HMS Hermes ⓘ
1898 Highflyer-class cruiser -
HMS Wessex ⓘ
1918 V and W-class destroyer
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Battery Oldenburg 2013
Battery Oldenburg Front 2013Battery Oldenburg Front 2013Battery Oldenburg 2013| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1346 | Crécy campaign | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1346 | Siege of Calais | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1350 | Siege of Calais | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1351 | Battle of Ardres | battle, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1352 | Siege of Guînes | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1359 | Reims Campaign | Kingdom of England, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1405 | Siege of Mercq | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1436 | Siege of Calais | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1558 | Siege of Calais | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1558 | Battle of Gravelines | battle, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1588 | Battle of Gravelines | Kingdom of England, naval battle, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1596 | Siege of Calais | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1639 | Fight in the Channel | Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1644 | Siege of Gravelines | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1646 | Siege of Mardyck | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1658 | Siege of Gravelines | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1803 | Unknown | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Dover Strait | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of Dover Strait | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Calais | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1942 | Channel Dash | military operation, naval battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | Foudroyant | destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM U-108 | Type U 93 submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM U-109 | U-boat, Type U 93 submarine | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-109 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-29 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-30 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-35 | Type UB II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UC-26 | Type UC II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | SM UC-61 | Type UC II submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | Wolf | Type 24 torpedo boat, torpedo boat | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | batterie Flugplatz | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Batterie Großer Kurfürst | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery Oldenburg | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Todt Battery | artillery battery, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1941 | Batterie Lindemann | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1944 | V-3 | destroyed building or structure, artillery battery, V-weapons | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | bunker in the dunes of Wissant | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | bunker on the beach of Wissant | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1943 | Blockhaus d'Éperlecques | military museum, launch pad, bunker, factory | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort du Gris-Nez | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Mahon | sea fort, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Nieulay | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Risban | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1943 | Fortress of Mimoyecques | military museum, military installation, launch pad | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | PS Duchess of Montrose | paddle steamer, steamship, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | SM UC-72 | Type UC II submarine, shipwreck, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1898 | HMS Hermes | Highflyer-class cruiser, protected cruiser, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1918 | HMS Wessex | shipwreck, destroyer, V and W-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Battery Oldenburg 2013 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battery Oldenburg Front 2013 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battery Oldenburg Front 2013 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battery Oldenburg 2013 | Commons | ||
