Houlgate battery
| Houlgate battery | |
|---|---|
| Part of Atlantic Wall | |
| Normandy, France | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49°18′17″N 0°04′04″W / 49.30472°N 0.06778°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| Built by | Organisation Todt |
| In use | 1944 |
| Materials | Concrete and steel |
| Battles/wars | Invasion of Normandy |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Major Fritz Günther |
| Garrison | 1255 Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilung (HKAA) |
The Houlgate battery (also called the Battery de Tournebride) was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Houlgate in the Calvados department in the Lower Normandy region. Built into the top of a 300 ft (91 m) cliff, the bunker complex was created to protect the western bank of the mouth of the River Seine and was 10 mi (16 km) east of the Normandy landing beach Sword which it shelled. The former fire control post has been turned into an orientation table. The battery is 8 km west of the Mont Canisy battery.