Détail des WN sur Omaha

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Units:

Directly at the coast in
Widerstandsnestern (Resistance nests)

716 Infanterie Division
/ scince 1942

CO General Wilhelm Richter
HQ in Caen (where the Caen
Memorial is now located)
Strenght / Division ca.
7.770 Men about half of the men the Division
should have had.
Regiments:
726 und 736
In the second Line:

352 Infanterie Division
/ Assembly area at St. Lô then
moved to the coast
ca. 7.400 Men

Generalleutnant Dietrich
Kraiss HQ at Le Molay-Littry
Grenadier Regiment 916 [Oberst
Goth - HQ in Trevieres]
2 Batalions
Grenadier Regiment 915 [Oberstleutnant
Karl Meyer ]
2 Batalions
Grenadier Regiment 914 [
Oberstleutnant Ernst Heyna]
2 Batalions

Artillerie Regiment 352
Kommandant Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Ocker
I. Art. Btl /352 Kdr. Major Pluskat HQ Chateau
d'Etreham
I. Batt. des I. Art. Btl /352
Kdr. Leutnant Frerking {buried at La Cambe}
Location north of Houtteville - 8 Km nörth
of Bayeux
10,5 cm Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40 / 6-8
rounds - Minute / Distance 1233 m.
Observation Post at WN 62
Lt. Grass, Wachtmeister Fak, Uffz. Beermann,
Gefr. Warnecke, Gefr. Schultz

II. Batt. des I. Art. Btl / 352
Nord West Formigny close to Montigny

III. Batt. des I. Art. Btl /352
Kdr. Hauptmann Wilkening
behind the street from
Colleville to St. Laurent
Observaton Post (B-Stelle)
at St. Honorine des Pertes - WN 59
II. Art. Btl /352 Kdr.
??? HQ St.-Clement Nord Ost von
Isigny
12 Guns 10,5 cm
III. Art. Btl /352 Kdr.
??? HQ La Noé bei Arromanches
12 Guns 10,5 cm
IV. Art. Btl /352 Kdr.
??? HQ Asnieres-en-Bessin
Guns: sFH 18 with 15cm caliber
352. Panzerjäger
Abteilung (Anti Tank Guns - self propelled)
HQ in Mestry, southwest of Colombières
I Batt. Pz j Abtlg 352
14 Marder III ( 7,5 cm Pak)
II Batt. Pz j Abtlg 352
10 Sturm Geschütze mit 7,5 cm Pak
III Batt. Pz j Abtlg 352
3,7 cm Flak auf Opel LKW montiert
352. Pionier Abteilung
(Engineers)
HQ in St. Martin de Blagy, south west
of Trévières
3 Companies
Füsilier Battalion
352 (Infantry reserve)
HQ around Caumont l'Evente
Sturm Flak Regiment (ADA-Btl)
III Flak Korps
Kdr. General Wolfgang Pickert
Guns 8,8 cm Modell 18
Flak-Sturm Regiments 1-4 with 3 Batalionseach with
3 Batteries of 4 x 8,8 cm and 4 x 2 cm or
4 x 3,7cm

List of Resistance
Nests (Widerstandsnester) from East to
West

WN 60

East
of WN 61 on a little hill east of Colleville[/b]
overlooks "La
Revolution" bay
Consisted of:
Trechsystem
for small arms
1 Tobruk for
a Renault MG-Turret
Plattform for
2cm Flak
Shelter for
ca. 8 Men1x 7,5 cm Gun
4xGranatwerfer
(grenade launchers)
Strength: 40
Men
History:
WN60 was taken
from the east, as they had no view on
the beach.

WN 61

East of the
valley of Colleville (E-3 Draw)
To get there
use the the little road leading to the
sea at the center of Colleville
across the town
hall. follow the signs: OMAHA BEACH or
Plage D'Omaha
Consisted of:
1 x 8,8 cm protected
by a Bunker (finished at 25.04.1944)
had the job to guard the beach from the
east to the west.
The only other 8,8 cm
as at WN 72. This is where the National
Guard monument is at Vierville.
You'll find
a Tobruk - mabe for a tank turret, othe
sources talk about a 50mm AT-gun.
You'll also
find some tobruks for Machine guns.
WN 61 had to
seal the beach from the easterly side.
An AT-ditch ran across to stop enemy
movents. This ditch was later used as
a first aid post.
Strength : >20
Men

WN 62

Largest Strongpoint
of Omaha Beach
Western Stronpoint
of the E-3 Draw
Use the same
road from Colleville and continiou to
the little parking lot. Then you can
walk up to the strongpoint. You can also
use the walkway from the cemetery down
to the beach and turn right until yu
see the casemates.
Strength: 35
Men
21 Infantry
soldiers of 3. Kompanie 726 Regt. 716
ID
7 soldiers of
Artillerieabteilung 352 ID
They had a concrete
shelter and observation post that was
connected to a bunker for the radio man.
The survivior
Hein Severloh explained the locationto
me in October 2001
7 Infantry soldiers
of 916 Gren Reg / 352 ID
Armement:
1 Bunker for
the soldiers with connecting trenches
to a bunker with "Lichtsprechgerät" (device
that sent phone signals via a light beam
to a receiving unit) to communicate
with WN 63.
2 Casemates
(Typ H669) für Tcheque 7,5 cm Guns,
both were not finished on D-Day. the
steel embrassures for the guns had not
arrived yet.
Tobruks for
5cm Granatwerfer
Trenches (also
not yet finished) for small arms
5cm AT-gun
Heavy maschine
gun position of Franz Gockel
1 50mm AT-gun
of 916 Gren Reg was on the upper part
of WN62 facing down E-3 draw.
It knocked out
on Sherman tank and was not visible from
the sea side.

WN 63

On the left
hand side when you drive down E-3 Draw
from Colleville. You can only see a door
in the bushes.
It was only
a command post.
There are two
main rooms and a rear exit that leads
on the plateau fromwhere you can see
WN 62.

WN 64

Weak point of
the defences.
Driving down
from St. Laurent to the beach it is on
the right hand side on top of the plateau.
H 612 Bunker
for a russian 7,62 cm gun - not finished
Trenches / barbed
wire / mines
2cm FLAK
2 x Grenade
launchers in Tobruks

WN 65

At the westside
of the Rouquet Valley (E - 1 Draw)
Everybody knows
the picture of GI's (2nd ID) moving up
a bluff on Omaha.
Armement:
H 677 Bunker
for 5o mm AT-gun - the gun is still
there -
2 x 5cm grenade
launchers in Tobruks
1 x additional
5o mm AT
1 x 75 mm up
the road to St. Laurent.
Careful this
road is a one way street you can only
drive downhill from St. Laurent.
On top of the
bluff you will find a memorial for the
1st provisional Air field at Omaha.

WN 66

Drive back from
WN65 and park at one of the parking lots
in front of the two Restaurants.
WN 66 is on
the eastern side of D-3 Draw.
Armement:
1 x Bunker 5o
mm AT - not finished
2 x Tobruk for
heavy grenade launchers
1 x 5o mm AT
on the bluff
Various trenches
on top of the bluff
Between WN 66
and 68 was an AT-ditch. A concrete wall
sealed off the road leading
up D-3 Draw

WN 67

Nebelwerfer
emplacement / Nebelwerfer Abteilung 84
Drive up D-3
Draw to St. Laurent where the traffic
circle is.
After you passed
the museum you will see crossroads.
The emplacement
was about in that area on top of the
eastern plateau.
Armement:
Nebelwerfer/Multiple
Rocket Lauchers
Caliber 32 ,
about 25 bis 35
The lauchers
were made out of wood
One controlbunker
The locals and
veterans say that no rocket was fired,
because they not arrived yet.

WN 68

On the other
side of WN 66 on the western plateau
Stretching fom
the plateau down to the Restaurant L'Omaha
Behind the beach
was a Tobruk with Panzer IV Turret
Above 2 Tobruks
with Renault Turret
1 x 50mm AT
gun
1 concrete structure
on the bluff with 2 gun slits.
A network of
trenches to connect the bunkers

WN 69

North of the
street from St. Laurent to Vierville
This position
does not exist any more!
In 2003 I had
the chance to talk to a veteran of this
strong point who lives in former east
Germany now.
He said that
they had 2 Artillery pieces of German
origin
1 x 20mm ADA
gun
There were no
concrete structures
The German Wehrmacht
also called it WN 67/A

WN 70

Secured the
open strtch of field between St. Laurent
and Vierville on the Plateau.
You need to
walk about 10 min from the street
Armement:
2 x 75 mm Guns
Tobruk MG
2 x Tobruk Grenade
lauchers 50 mm
1 x 2 cm FLAK
Barbed wire
Minefield

WN 71

On the eastern
Plateau of D-1 Draw.
From there you
have an excellent view over the Beach
D-1 Exit was
the most fortified sector on Omaha Beach.
Sectors: Charlie
and Dog Green
Armement:
Concrete structure
with gun slits to the west side
Tobruks for
heavy grenade lauchers
Concrete shelters
Trenches, barbed
wire, minefield

WN 72

On the west
side of D-1 Draw below Vierville
The best constructed
strongpoint of the Germans at Omaha.
1 Casemate Typ
H667 guarding the beach from west to
east with a PAK
43 - 8,8 cm -
Today you find the National Guard memorial
on top
To stop the
americans from advancing up the road
was also blocked by a AT-wall.
West of the
8,8 Bunker you'll find another Bunker
for a 50 mm
both bunkers
were connected by trenches
2 other Tobruks
Around the strong
point were barbed wire and Mines.

WN 73

Small strongpoint
overlooking the western bluff
1 x 75
mm Gun firing down on the beach, not
visible from the sea side
Mines, trenches
and barbed wire

WN 74

Radarstation
at Pointe de Raz
Some shelters
and dug outs, Mines and trenches

Source: Omaha
Beach

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