Tucked away inside the heavily fortified R677 casemate at the western end of Omaha Beach is one the most feared weapons of WW2 - the infamous 88mm Pak 43/41 gun. Overlooking the …

Wn72 Vierville-sur-Mer le Casino. 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 …

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 …

2025年2月14日 · Overview of Widerstandsnest 72 (WN72) which inflicted a lot of casualties on the US Side at Dog Green Sector, Omaha Beach, Normandy in France on June 6, 1944...

Click on the images below to discover more about each of the accessible Widerstandsnests (Wn) and Strongpoints (Stp) bunker sites around the Omaha Beach area in Normandy.

2023年4月19日 · This section was dominated by a Rgl. Nr. 677 bunker of resistance nest WN72 armed with an 88mm PaK 43/41 that knocked out numerous tanks of the 743rd Tank Battalion …

Omaha beach was unlike any of the other assault beaches in Normandy. Its crescent curve and unusual assortment of bluffs, cliffs and draws were immediately recognizable from the sea. It …

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 …

2021年4月6日 · He's an artist, and this piece of work is from the German perspective overlooking WN72 from the machine gun position high on the hill. It's very atmospheric and shows the …

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 …