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Crisbecq Batteries

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Cherbourg

Saint-Marcouf

Crisbecq Batteries

Crisbecq Batteries

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Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

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    Best Road Cycling Rides to Crisbecq Batteries

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    1. Tour of the D-Day beaches — Parc Naturel Régional des Marais du Cotentin…

    45.4km

    01:45

    130m

    Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    2. Loop of Valognes

    74.1km

    02:59

    380m

    Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    November 25, 2023

    One of the many batteries littering the Normandy lands, the Crisbecq battery can be visited and easily accessible, not far from the road.

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      February 10, 2020

      Set of 22 vintage German bunkers. These gun batteries are located approximately 400m from the crossroads. batterie-marcouf.com/fr

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        June 3, 2021

        Because of the 210mm guns that covered the beach at Utah Beach, the Saint-Marcouf battery was of great strategic importance and thus the target of fierce attacks designed to undermine that position.

        Crisbecq was bombarded with hundreds of tons of bombs, which knocked out the big guns but didn't hit the casemates. On June 8, 1944, during an attack by American troops, Lieutenant Ohmsen requested support from the Azeville battery to free his men from their perilous position. The garrison held out until the morning of June 12. The resistance was enormous: but è! of the more than 350 soldiers survived the fighting and were able to advance towards Cherbourg. The collapsed casemate on the left was blown up by the Americans after the surrender of the German garrison, but is nevertheless impressive.

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          Location: Saint-Marcouf, Cherbourg, Manche, France

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