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Crisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)

Crisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)

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Crisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)

Recommended by 79 cyclists out of 80

This Highlight is in a protected area

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

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Location: Saint-Marcouf, Cherbourg, Manche, France

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1. Le Havre de Quinéville et la batterie d'Azzeville — boucle depuis la batterie Crisbecq

31.0km

01:54

160m

150m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Canal de Carentan – Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue loop from Beuzeville-au-Plain

97.5km

05:47

350m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Château des Ravalet – Bouche de la Saire loop from Valognes

125km

07:37

810m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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Melina

April 19, 2024

It is one of the German batteries of the Atlantic Wall, the most powerful of the D-Day beaches. You can visit no fewer than 22 blockhouses and learn more about this strategic site from which the first cannon shot was fired at dawn on June 6, 1944.

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Willem VS

October 29, 2021

Because of the 210mm guns covering 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 main guns but failed to hit the casemates. On June 8, 1944, during an attack by American troops, Lieutenant Ohmsen requested Azeville's battery support to free his men from their predicament. The garrison held out until the morning of June 12. The resistance was enormous: only 78 of the more than 350 soldiers survived the fighting and were able to advance to 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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Jan 🇳🇱

April 30, 2023

well worth the visit, despite it being a commercial business for sure

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Location: Saint-Marcouf, Cherbourg, Manche, France

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Crisbecq Battery (Saint-Marcouf)

1. Le Havre de Quinéville et la batterie d'Azzeville — boucle depuis la batterie Crisbecq

2. Canal de Carentan – Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue loop from Beuzeville-au-Plain

3. Château des Ravalet – Bouche de la Saire loop from Valognes

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