Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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Wn77 east of Grandcamp Maisy and west of StP75 Pointe du Hoc.
I found nothing there but it was getting late.

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Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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23 November 2008

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The Moulin (windmill) may have been a defence position, a lookout or just a rendezvous point, as a lot of numbered Wn's seem to have no actual defensive features. In everything I have read, the Americans never even speak of the windmill.

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There may have been a road check point here?

Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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IGNF 1947

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The site of the windmill and no signs of any defences in the area.

Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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IGNF 1947

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The whole area has been ploughed by the farmer and nothing seems to remain.

Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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Allied Bigot map of the area. The code word 'Bigot' was, if you were Bigoted, you were in on the secret of D-Day.

Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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23 November 2008

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The cliff edge looking away from the Wn towards Grandcamp.

Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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1944

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Wn76 Moulin de Cricqueville ("La Montagne")

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23 November 2008

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Thank you to Patrick Van Vaerenbergh who visited the site in 2024 and fond nothing.