What does "WN" mean in "WN7" etc??? : r/HellLetLoose - Reddit
2023年6月27日 · Areas that were of more strategic value would have several WNs which would make up a “Stutzpunkt”. An example of this in HLL would be on the Omaha Beach map, the …
Wn72 Vierville-sur-Mer le Casino - Atlantikwall
Wn72 Vierville-sur-Mer le Casino. Details. Wn72 part of the group StP Vierville covering Vierville-sur-Mer and the D1 draw or valley running inland and the easiest way off the beach. The …
Wn72 Vierville-sur-Mer - NormandyBunkers
Wn72 is one of the few remaining bunker sites on Omaha Beach where you can still see one of the types of guns originally positioned here on D-Day. Tucked away inside the heavily fortified …
Accuracy of Omaha beach. : r/HellLetLoose - Reddit
2020年8月7日 · Or Wn72 part of the group StP Vierville covering Vierville-sur-Mer and the D1 draw or valley running inland and the easiest way off the beach. The Germans defended this …
Vierville-sur-Mer: Cracking a Critical Draw at Omaha Beach
Atop the cliffs on either side of the draw were formidable independent strongpoints called Widerstandsnests (WN), each manned by two squads, usually armed with machine guns and …
Wn 72 strongpoint – Atlantic wall in Normandy - D-Day Overlord
The Wn 72 strongpoint is one of the four defensive points of the village of Vierville-sur-Mer. It is located at the northern entrance of the Vierville-sur-Mer valley and consists of a casemate …
Omaha Beach - Widerstandsnest 72, Dog Green sector, Viervi
2012年8月2日 · WN72 consisted of two H-667 type casemates, which are directly overlooking the beach with one of them housing a formidable 88 mm. PAK43 gun. Both casemates are …
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Rapid Fire! 20mm D-Day 1944 - Omaha Beach (part 2), WN 72
2017年7月28日 · The WN 72 was positioned half way between the beach and WN 73 and WN 71, closing the access to Vierville through D-1. It was built on top of Hotel Legallois from which the …
Omaha Beach Defenses - Axis History Forum
2002年10月6日 · According to D-Day Then & Know WN73 was right next to WN72, on the extreme right flanl of Omaha beach, opposite the Charlie sector of the beach, to assaulated by …
Dog Green sector – Omaha Beach Project
These three German Widerstandsneste are situated in the Dog Green sector which saw some of the heaviest fighting in the morning of june 6, 1944. WN72 was the most formidable of the …