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Longues-sur-Mer, Normandie

Without any doubt this is the most visited battery on the Atlantikwall. Wn 48 had four gun casemates type M 272 and a fire control bunker type M 262. It was armed with 4 naval 15 cm Tbts KC/36 guns and men of the MAA 260 occupied the site. Today it's a big tourist attraction.

Longues-sur-Mer, Normandie

In the movie "The Longest Day" major Pluskat cried: "Direkt auf mich zu !! (please note that Pluskat and his dog Harras were stationned elsewhere, so not at Longues sur Mer)

An American film shot on 7 June 1944. (Source)