Wn73 is situated high on the cliffs at the western end of Omaha Beach at Vierville-sur-Mer and has a commanding view over the beach to the east of the position. Located halfway up the cliff facing east you can find a block type construction known as a Pakstand where a 75mm Pak field gun was located.

The Wn 73 strongpoint is one of the four defensive point of the village of Vierville-sur-Mer. It is located northwest of the valley of Vierville-sur-Mer, all around a house abandoned by the local population during the installation of the Germans. It includes a casemate for artillery guns, several shelters and tobrouks.

2018年12月3日 · Farther west, there’s WN73, which guarded a second road up the bluff. It essentially consisted almost entirely of a small bunker housing a WW1-era French 75mm gun facing east down the road towards WN72.

2018年11月30日 · Here is links from the a blogger which has detailed maps of WN-71/72 and 73 with pictures to back up claims from the actual WNs Bunker blueprints and so on https://tabletopdeutschland.com/2021/12/13/omaha-beach-wn-73/

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.

2002年10月6日 · According to his material, the sector of beach in question runs from Pointe du Hoc eastward to about 1.5km NE of Colleville-sur-Mer. There are 17 positions marked WN60 - WN76. The information indicates that there are two positions marked WN64, and …

WN or Widerstandsnest 72 is part of the Atlantic Wall. Together with WN 71 and WN 73 it guarded the Dog-1 exit towards Vierville-sur-mer. They were built in 1943-44 . 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.

WN73 WN72 WN70 WN70 WN68 WN66 WN62 WN61 WN60 WN69 WN67 WN63 6. 1st Infantry Division at Omaha Beach Casino Hotel Casemate WN 72 88mm AT Gun Casino Hotel. 1st Infantry Division at Omaha Beach 88mm AT Gun Casino Hotel WN72 75mm AT Gun WN73. St. Lo CAEN Caumont Carentan Valognes CHERBOURG Colombiéres Colleville Vierville Port …

2021年4月6日 · So the Idea is to make diorama from Wn70 to Wn73 elements (at least pak 97/38 casamate). Obviously, because my attic is not big enough i'd like to "fake" a bit distances, to avoid to much boring empty field - it concerns especially distance between WN 70 and WN 71, and inland positions of the 352 division artillery.

Sur le petit chemin qui permet de remonter de la plage au camping, vous passez à coté d’une casemate du mur de l’Atlantique. Cette casemate a une vue imprenable sur l’ensemble de la plage d’OMAHA, elle abritait un canon PAK 7.5cm. Cette casemate appartenait à …