Crisbecq Battery
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The Crisbecq Battery was a German World War II artillery battery constructed by the Todt Organization near the French village of Saint-Marcouf in the department of Manche in the north-east of Cotentin peninsula in Normandy. It formed a part of Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. The main armament were three Czechoslovak 21 cm Kanone 39 cannons, two of which housed in heavily fortified casemates up to 10 feet thick of concrete. The battery, with a range of 27–33 kilometers, could cover the beaches between Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Pointe du Hoc.
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3 21 cm Kanone 39 gun,
Atlantic Wall, 
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Location: 49.48, -1.2968, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Battle of Val-de-Saire ⓘ
1001 battle -
Action at La Hogue ⓘ
During the Nine Years War an English fleet destroys beached French ships near Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (1692) -
Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue ⓘ
1692 battles of the Nine Years' War -
Action at Cherbourg ⓘ
1692 military engagement -
Raid on Cherbourg ⓘ
1758 military operation -
Action of 20 October 1793 ⓘ
1793 minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars -
Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf ⓘ
1798 battle of the French revolutionary wars -
Action of 15 November 1810 ⓘ
1810 minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars -
Action of 24 March 1811 ⓘ
1811 minor naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars -
American airborne landings in Normandy ⓘ
1944 United States combat operations during Operation Overlord -
Battle of Cherbourg ⓘ
1944 part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II -
Battle of Pointe du Hoc ⓘ
1944 battle -
Brécourt Manor Assault ⓘ
1944 U.S. parachute assault of the Normandy Invasion -
Battle of Carentan ⓘ
1944 battle in France during World War II -
Battle of Graignes ⓘ
battle near this commune that started on June 6, 1944 -
Battle of Bloody Gulch ⓘ
1944 battle on the Western Front of World War II -
Battle of Foret de Mont Castre ⓘ
1944 World War II battle -
Batterie d'Azeville ⓘ
WW2 German fortification in Manche, Normandy, France -
Battery of La Madeleine ⓘ
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Battery of Morsalines ⓘ
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Crisbecq Battery ⓘ
military museum -
La Pernelle Battery ⓘ
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La Pinoterie Battery ⓘ
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Sottevast V2 bunker ⓘ
WWII bunker complex for launching V2-weapons in Sottevast near Cherbourg, in Normandy, France built by the forces of Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 -
Ancienne redoute d'Audouville ⓘ
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Fort Chavagnac ⓘ
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Fort de l'île Pelée ⓘ
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Fort de La Hougue ⓘ
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Fort de Ravenoville ⓘ
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Fort du Roule ⓘ
fortifications in Cherbourg-Octeville, France -
Fort Flamands ⓘ
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Fort Querqueville ⓘ
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Fortifications des îles Saint-Marcouf ⓘ
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îles Saint-Marcouf ⓘ
group of two small islands off the coast of Normandy, France -
Redoute de Réville ⓘ
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Fort du Cap-Lévi ⓘ
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Redoutable ⓘ
1967 Redoutable-class submarine -
Airborne Museum ⓘ
war museum in rue Eisenhower, Sainte-Mère-Église
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Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R63849, Walter Ohmsen
German Gun Emplacement Near Crisbecq, France - DPLA - c5d5d51f3063b1a3705a34c19626a532German Gun Emplacement Near Crisbecq, France - DPLA - c5d5d51f3063b1a3705a34c19626a532
Knocked out German coastal battery HD-SN-99-02705Knocked out German coastal battery HD-SN-99-02705
Crisbecq batteryCrisbecq battery
USS Corry off Utah BeachUSS Corry off Utah Beach
SC 190509-S - Hidden in a camouflaged pillbox, this 219mm German gun gave American troops plenty of trouble near St. Marcouf, France, until allied bombing and shelling eliminated it. 21 June, 1944. (49765513706)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1001 | Battle of Val-de-Saire | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1692 | Action at La Hogue | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1692 | Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue | France, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1692 | Action at Cherbourg | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1758 | Raid on Cherbourg | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Action of 20 October 1793 | France, naval battle, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf | France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1810 | Action of 15 November 1810 | France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1811 | Action of 24 March 1811 | France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | American airborne landings in Normandy | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Cherbourg | United Kingdom, United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Pointe du Hoc | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Brécourt Manor Assault | battle, Wehrmacht, 101st Airborne Division, attack | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Carentan | United States, Nazi Germany, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Graignes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Bloody Gulch | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Foret de Mont Castre | battle, 90th Infantry Division | Wikidata |
| link | page | Base Mérimée page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Maisons des Illustres page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | monument historique classé page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | monument historique inscrit page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | Saint Philippe | ship of the line | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Glennon | Gleaves-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS PC-1261 | submarine chaser, PC-461-class submarine chaser | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Rich | destroyer escort, Buckley-class destroyer escort | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Tide | minesweeper, Auk-class minesweeper | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Batterie d'Azeville | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery of La Madeleine | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery of Morsalines | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Crisbecq Battery | artillery battery, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | La Pernelle Battery | coastal battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | La Pinoterie Battery | coastal battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1943 | Sottevast V2 bunker | bunker, ruins | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Ancienne redoute d'Audouville | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Chavagnac | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de l'île Pelée | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de La Hougue | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Ravenoville | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort du Roule | fort, fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Flamands | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Querqueville | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fortifications des îles Saint-Marcouf | sea fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | îles Saint-Marcouf | sea fort, archipelago | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1689 | Redoute de Réville | redoubt | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1801 | Fort du Cap-Lévi | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Redoutable | preserved watercraft, ballistic missile submarine, French Navy, museum ship | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1964 | Airborne Museum | military cemetery, military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R63849, Walter Ohmsen | Commons | ||
| commons | image | German Gun Emplacement Near Crisbecq, France - DPLA - c5d5d51f3063b1a3705a34c19626a532 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | German Gun Emplacement Near Crisbecq, France - DPLA - c5d5d51f3063b1a3705a34c19626a532 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Knocked out German coastal battery HD-SN-99-02705 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Knocked out German coastal battery HD-SN-99-02705 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crisbecq battery | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crisbecq battery | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Corry off Utah Beach | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Corry off Utah Beach | Commons | ||
| commons | image | SC 190509-S - Hidden in a camouflaged pillbox, this 219mm German gun gave American troops plenty of trouble near St. Marcouf, France, until allied bombing and shelling eliminated it. 21 June, 1944. (49765513706) | Commons | ||
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