Very interesting site which allows to understand the Landings. Approved also by a 9 yo who loved it !
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Ammunition bunker
DiscoverThis ammunition bunker, as well as second, not yet restored, contained 2 large storerooms. One for shells and cartridges, the other for bags with gunpowder. A small room opposite of these was used to assemble the ammunition. The number of bags used determined the reach of the shells. This bunker…
C47 “THE SNAFU SPECIAL”
DiscoverThe Merville battery museum houses an authentic Douglas C-47 who took part, belonging to the 9th U.S.A. Air Force, in all the airborne missions of the European theater of operations during world war II (Overlord – Dragoon – Market – Repulse – Varsity).
THE BUNKER N°1
DiscoverBunker No 11 replicates what happened at dawn on 6th June. Every 20 minutes there is a sound and light show where the visitor re-lives the moments that preceded the neutralisation of the Battery. Sound, light, smoke and smell combine to immerse you in a melee of fire and steel,…
THE BUNKER N°2
DiscoverBunker No 2 is the memorial to the 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment . Inside there are wartime objects and items, and the faces and the stories of the 700 brave young men, liberators who jumped into this part of France in an unimaginable attack.
THE BUNKER N°3
DiscoverBunker No 3 is in homage to the Glider Pilot Regiment, No 3 Commando, 45 Royal Marine Commando and 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion.
THE BUNKER N°4
DiscoverBunker No 4 is dedicated to units involved in Operation Paddle, which on 18th August 1944 finally drove the occupiers out of Merville; Belgian and Luxembourgers of the famous Piron Brigade, The Dutch Prinses Irene Brigade and the British 2nd Oxford and Bucks, 1st Royal Ulster Rifles, and 12th Devons.