Normandy's 'forgotten' WW2 German batterie at Crasville near Utah Beach
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- Batterie Crasville is a largely forgotten bunker site to the north west of the Utah Beach landing area in Normandy. In this video we take you around, above, and inside the remaining four casemates with exclusive footage of the site which had been left to overgrow for decades but has now been opened up thanks to the dedication of a group of Atlantikwall historians.
Strongpoint Stp142 Crasville features two type of large gun casemates - two H671 types flanked either side by a H650 type. All four casemates featured 105mm Schneider field guns, First World War weapons captured from the French by occupying German forces as they made their way across Europe.
Both the large H650 and smaller H671 casemates were designed around pivoting guns - the wheels and carriage for the gun would be removed and the barrels mounted on a central pivot fixed to the base of the gun room. This would give them up to 120 degrees in their arc of fire.
The H671 casemates feature two small rooms for ammunition while the much bigger H650 type casemates at the edges of the site featured two entrances with defensive close combat embrasures, two ammunition rooms, crew quarters, and an observation/defensive Tobruk as part of the main structure.
Behind the batterie you can still see the remains of a handful of defensive Tobruks, personnel shelters, an anti-aircraft gun stand, and several concrete storage bunkers, including one for water.
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Beautiful images. The best on this subject here on UA-cam. And the music is also a good choice beside the images. I watch every video. Congrats!
That’s incredibly kind, thank you 👍
These should all be accessible , with a narrow easement to each - history should NOT be denied ✔️
After my grandmother passed I ended up with her cousin's Purple Heart Medal. He was killed in France 1944 was only oversea 6 weeks is what the Newspaper article said that was with the medal. Was in the Army Stationed out of Branaird Feild Hartford Connecticut. Was with the Army only10 months.
Excellent, thank you.
You are welcome 👍
Bien connu dans les années 90, où nous avions découvert des obus Flack enterrés et abandonnés
Life and technology are what they are... But I still find myself thinking : If I only had a smart phone back in '72-75 when I was stationed in Bamberg, Germany, as I would have been able to understand so much more of what was around in the countries I saw ...