The Todt Battery, also known as Batterie Todt, was a battery of coastal artillery built by Nazi Germany during World War II, located in the hamlet of Haringzelles...
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group Todt Battery, German World War II coastal artillery site in Calais, France Todt family murders, 2019 familicide in Florida, United States Todt Hill...
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Atlantic Wall (section Organisation Todt)
mainly due to their location. One of the best preserved parts is the Todt Battery. In 2011, renewed efforts to preserve the wall were spearheaded by organisations...
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Dover Strait coastal guns (redirect from Pooh (coastal battery))
(later increased to 4 and renamed Todt Battery), shortly followed by: Three 30.5 cm (12.0 in) guns at Friedrich August Battery, to the north of Boulogne-sur-Mer...
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captured by the Allies. A second 283 mm Krupp K5 can be seen at the Todt Battery museum, near Audinghen in northern France. Soviet-era 305 mm MK-3-12...
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used by Organisation Todt. The battery was under the command of the Kriegsmarine section 2./MAA 244 from 1941 onwards. Battery Oldenburg was part of...
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The Crisbecq Battery (sometimes called Marcouf Battery) was a German World War II artillery battery constructed by the Todt Organization near the French...
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before the battery became operational. In 1949 the guns were returned to France (in exchange for 3 German 38 cm SKC/34 from Todt Battery) where they...
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two heavy artillery sites: Grosser Kurfürst Battery, formerly with three 170 millimetre guns, and Todt Battery, with four 380 mm guns. These covered the...
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Coastal artillery (redirect from Shore battery)
armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications. From the Middle Ages until World War II, coastal...
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permanent display in Louvre-Lens since 2012 Blockhaus d'Éperlecques Todt Battery, Audinghen Cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department Communes of the Pas-de-Calais...
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Todt Battery History at the Kristiansand Cannon Museums Homepage The Atlantic Wall Linear Museum - 085_N 6_Marine Artillerie Abteilung 502 Battery Vara...
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It was constructed by Organisation Todt for the Wehrmacht during the occupation of the Channel Islands. The battery structures include bunkers, gun emplacements...
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the first were the Dover Strait guns begun in July 1940 and included Todt Battery. Building began in February 1941 on the Saint-Nazaire submarine base...
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casualties. The Merville Battery is composed of four 6-foot-thick (1.8 m) steel-reinforced concrete gun casemates, built by the Todt Organisation. Each was...
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five batteries of cross-channel guns, Batterie Lindemann (four 406 mm guns at Sangatte), Batterie Wissant (150 mm guns near Wissant), Batterie Todt (four...
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Bayeux. Construction of the battery by Organisation Todt began in September 1943 and was completed by April 1944. The battery was initially manned by Kriegsmarine...
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been turned into an orientation table. The battery is 8 km west of the Mont Canisy battery. The Organisation Todt constructed concrete pits to protect six...
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The Maisy Battery is a group of World War II artillery batteries that was constructed in secret by the German Wehrmacht near the French village of Grandcamp-Maisy...
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village (then occupied by the German army) and a centre for Organisation Todt. The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twentieth century. The ruins of...
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Jersey, named after the SMS Lothringen, and constructed by Organisation Todt for the Wehrmacht during the Occupation of the Channel Islands. The first...
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The Battle of Merville Gun Battery was a series of British assaults beginning 6 June 1944, as part of Operation Tonga, part of the Normandy landings,...
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Batteries 428th Heavy Mortar Battery 1123rd K-3 Battery 2nd Flak Division (41st and 43rd Regiments) von der Heydte Fallschirmjager Battalion 4th Todt...
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Batterie Mirus (redirect from Mirus battery)
defences were inadequate, lacking tanks and coastal artillery, the Organisation Todt (OT) was instructed to undertake the building of 200–250 strongpoints in...
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The Azeville battery was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Azeville in the Manche department in the Normandy...
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systems. Agag supported Todt's proposal after the latter discussed the FIA opening up a tender to organise the series. Agag told Todt that he would take on...
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The Mont Canisy battery was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Benerville-sur-Mer in the Calvados department...
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Province France The Musée de l'Armée at the Invalides, Paris The Batterie Todt museum near Cape Gris Nez Germany Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig...
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and sailors, civilians, and Organisation Todt workers including the Minotaur carrying 468 Organisation Todt workers including women and children from...
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the raid reinforced the importance of the Atlantic wall. The Organization Todt had now started to reinforce gun emplacements with infantry strong points...
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