German Gun Turret Omaha Beach
by Jurgen Lorenzen
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German Gun Turret Omaha Beach
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
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Photograph - Photography
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Situated west of Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy, Longues-sur-Mer overlooked the ocean from the top of a 65 meters height cliff, a perfect position where the Germans had installed a four 150 mm guns. On 6 June 1944, at 5:30 am several allied battle ships opened up on the battery. When the Allied Armada was on sight, the German guns shot back. The HMS Ajax concentrated its fire on the German battery at a range of 1.000 meters. The battery stopped operating for a short time, but fire started to shell the Landing ships until 5 pm. The Longues Battery surrendered to British troops the next day with 184 men.
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July 23rd, 2016
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Jurgen Lorenzen
Nader, thank you very much for the feature in the group BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY!
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Mystery group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2023 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Steve Rich
Your image has been FEATURED on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer” Please consider adding your photo to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (April-June 2023)" active discussion thread. 4-28-2023
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