Posts in Tag: D-Day invasion
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Longues-sur-Mer – Disabling the Batteries of the Atlantic Wall
The Atlantic Wall Liberation Tour 2015 resumed after our visit to Ranville War Cemetery and as we headed for the Normandy Coast tour historian Phil Craig gave us the lowdown on the Atlantic Wall, a 1,670 mile system of coastal defences that stretched from Denmark to Spain, including Longues-sur-Mer where we are headed now. It was built […]