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709.Infantry Division.
3./919 Grenadier Regiment. Oberts. Matz
3 x Vf2a bunkers.
1 x Vf1a bunker.
1 x Pz.T.FT17 MG 311(f).
1 x Pz.Drethurm Ft turret.
1 x Feldmässig.
1 x Geschützstelling.
5 x Vf.8 Tobruk´s.
1 x Nr1694 ringstand.
1 x 5cm KwK L/60.
1 x 7.5cm F.K.38.

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7.5cm F.K.38.

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Vf.8 Tobruk.

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Pz.Drethurm Ft turret.

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1950´s air photo of Beau Guillot showing the defences and where the sea was at the time of D-Day.

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The defence is one long line of bunkers and trenches and a small rear defence. Circled by barbed wire and mines.

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7.5cm F.K.38.

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5cm KwK L/60.

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MG311 machine gun.

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Wn03 the low bank on the left and where I am stood it would have been the sea.

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Allied air photo of Wn03.

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RAF PRU Spitfire.

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USAAF Lightening was the Americans choice of PRU planes.

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Replacing a camera in a Spitfire.

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The German plan showing where Wn02 (102 was the old numbered defence) was sighted and the mine field M.F.61.

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Laying mines.

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Beach defences.

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Barbed wire.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot U Tobruk Pz.Drethurm MG 311(f).

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U Tobruk Pz.Drethurm MG 311(f).

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U Tobruk Pz.Drethurm MG 311(f).

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Reibel MG311(f).

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Plan.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot U Tobruk Pz.Drethurm MG 311(f).

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The view the bunker would have seen.

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U Tobruk Pz.Drethurm MG 311(f).

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F.T.17 turret.

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F.T.17 turret taken from a Renault F.T.17 tank.

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One of the treads to hold down the turret base.

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PZ FT17 turret with an MG311(f).

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Continuing to a Vf1a.

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Vf1a.

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Vf1a inside.

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The entrance to the passage.

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Ammunition niche on the right and half way down tunnel is the entrance to the bunker.

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Plan.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Vf8 Tobruk

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The entrance into the Tobruk.

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Plan.

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Elevation.

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Nice flower pot.

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Looking back over darkening skies.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Vf.8 Tobruk.

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Moving on.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Vf.8 Tobruk.

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All the Tobruk's are Vf.8 type.

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Vf.8 Tobruk plan.

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The entrance into the crew room.

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Vf.8 Tobruk.

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Tobruk under construction.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Vf.8 Tobruk.

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Tobruk fittings.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Nr1694 ringstand

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Parts of the gun still in place.

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Nr1694 ringstand.

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Nr1694 ringstand for a 5cm KwK L/60.

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5cm KwK L/60.

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5cm KwK L/60.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Nr1694 ringstand

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5cm KwK L/60.

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5cm KwK L/60.

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Nr1694 ringstand.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Trench

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L shaped concrete trench.

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L shaped concrete trench.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Feldmässig.

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Feldmässig an oblong building which was probably used as sleeping, cooking, storage and maybe a small head quarters for the Wn.

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Plan of the same sort of building at Wn05.

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Wn73 on the Omaha sector.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Feldmässig.

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Looking into the rear of the building.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Feldmässig.

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Reinforced beam strengthening the roof.

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Plan of how it may have been.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Feldmässig.

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The end wall.

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Battle damage.

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D-Day first they were bombed by USAAF Marauders.

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USAAF Marauders.

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Then Thunderbolts came in and bombed, rocketed & machine gunned the beach.,

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And then American troops started to land on the north side of Beau Guillot. They should have landed much further up the coast but due to damages guide boats and strong tides they landed down here.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Vf2a

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Vf2a plan.

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The half round concrete wall is the escape.

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Escape tunnel.

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Entrance

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Vf2a plan.

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Plan.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot trenches

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In front of these trenches is where the sea used to be.

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Trenches.

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Y section trench.

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More trenches.

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Digging in.

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Trench ammunition niche set into a trench.
These would hold small arms ammunition and hand grenades. .

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7.92 M.G. ammunition.

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Wn03 Le Beau Guillot Vf.8 Tobruk

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Over the fence is the last Tobruk.

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Vf.8 Tobruk.

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The view out to sea, then across the Grand Vey and the far side with

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Bigot map of what the Allies thought was there.

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D-Day

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How the north side of Beau Guillot would have looked like at around 07.00am on D-Day.

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Utah Beach beach party soldier with the upside down u on his helmet. If you were on the beach and did not have that U upside down, you were pushed off inland.

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Mine clearing.

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Poupeville.

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In the next few days after D-day, ships (Gooseberries) were deliberately sunk to create a harbour and parts of the Mulberry harbour was used..

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Gooseberries the code word for the ships.

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Vehicles landing.

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Utah Gliders flying over.

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We visited the bank where most of the bunkers are situated but missed out the ones in the yellow box. It was about to rain very heavily.

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