
Caption | German beach defense turret at Omaha Beach, Basse-Normandie, France, mid-Jun 1944 ww2dbase | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
Source | ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons | |||||
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Photo Size | 1,706 x 1,240 pixels | |||||
Photos on Same Day | 10 Jun 1944 | |||||
Photos at Same Place | Basse-Normandie, France | |||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
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NORMANDY DEFENSE:
Looks like a Panzer Mk.IV turret mounting a 7.5cm
75mm KwK 40 L/48 German defenses at Normandy had six of these gun positions. Did this bunker complex give the gun crew an exit or was it stand and fight.