FRA.NORMANDY.CHAOS.1983.On the cliff north of Longues sur Mer, the Germans had installed a marine artillery battery able to fire over the Seine Bay.Having been partially destroyed by air raids, it was nevertheless able to open fire on Allied ships before dawn on the 6th June 1944.On the morning of the 7th June, the battery was occupied by the British, the tow storey observation posts were installed at the ege of the cliff at Longues sur Mer between Arromanches and Port en Bassin.It had to direct the operations of German marine artillery battery that had 152 guns able to cover the whole of the area of the Seine Bay between Le Havre and Cherbourg.
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tourists visiting the site in 1983.