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English: IWM caption : PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE FOR OPERATION 'OVERLORD'. Overhead aerial of the gun battery at Merville (3km east of Ouistreham) consisting of four medium casemates, after air bombardment, c May 1944. Bombing failed to penetrate the casemates and, because of the threat the battery posed to the landings on SWORD Area, it was attacked and neutralised by 9th Bn the Parachute Regiment in the early hours of 6 June.

Français : Vue aérienne de la batterie de tir de Merville (située à 3 km à l’est de Ouistreham) composée de quatre casemates, après le bombardement aérien, de mai 1944. Le bombardement n’a pas pénétré dans les casemates. La batterie qui menaçait les atterrissages dans la zone SWORD, a été attaqué et neutralisé aux premières heures du 6 juin par le 9e bataillon du régiment de parachutistes.

Date

circa May 1944

Source

This photograph MH 24804 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 9309-08)

Author

photographer not identified. Presumably RAF.

Post-Work: User:W.wolny

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