Merville Battery

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World War II military site coastal artillery battery

Merville Battery is a former German coastal artillery battery in Normandy, France, that played a key role in the D-Day landings and was famously assaulted by British paratroopers.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Merville Battery canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military site ⓘ
coastal artillery battery ⓘ
assaultDate 1944-06-06 ⓘ
assaultedBy 6th Airborne Division ⓘ
9th Parachute Battalion ⓘ
British paratroopers ⓘ
builtDuring World War II ⓘ
commandedBy Hauptmann Raimund Steiner ⓘ
constructedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
constructionEndYear 1942 ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1941 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
designedToDefend Orne River estuary ⓘ
surface form: Orne estuary

approaches to Caen ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
hasArtilleryCaliber 150 mm ⓘ
hasExhibit D-Day displays ⓘ
artillery pieces ⓘ
paratrooper equipment ⓘ
reconstructed casemates ⓘ
hasGarrison approximately 130 men ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Caen Canal ⓘ
Orne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumberOfCasemates 4 ⓘ
hasStructure ammunition stores ⓘ
command post ⓘ
concrete casemates ⓘ
underground bunkers ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic site ⓘ
locatedIn Calvados department ⓘ
Merville-Franceville-Plage ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
locatedInCountryDuringWWII German-occupied France ⓘ
locatedNear Sword Beach ⓘ
memorialFor British airborne forces ⓘ
German soldiers ⓘ
objectiveOf 9th Parachute Battalion on D-Day ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operatedBy German Army ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Wall defences ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Wall
protectedBy anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
barbed wire ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
significantEvent capture by British paratroopers on D-Day ⓘ
status former military installation ⓘ
targetOf Operation Tonga ⓘ
threatened Sword Beach ⓘ
surface form: Sword Beach landings

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merville Barracks, Colchester → namedAfter → Merville Battery ⓘ
Merville Barracks, Colchester → namedFor → Merville Battery ⓘ
Ranville → nearbyLandmark → Merville Battery ⓘ