Longues-sur-Mer battery

Longues-sur-Mer Battery
Marineküstenbatterie (MKB) Longues-sur-Mer
Part of Atlantic Wall
Normandy, France
A gun emplacement at Longues-sur-Mer battery
Coordinates	49°20′37″N 0°41′42″W / 49.3435°N 0.6950°W / 49.3435; -0.6950
Code	Wiederstandsnest (Wn) 48
Site information
Owner	Conservatoire du littoral
Open to the public	All casemates are open to public
Condition	Four casemates with naval guns plus fire control bunker in fair to good condition
Site history
Built	September 1943 to April 1944
Built by	Organisation Todt
In use	6 - 7 June 1944
Materials	Concrete and rebar
Battles/wars	Battle of Normandy
Events	D-Day landings
Garrison information
Garrison	Kriegsmarine then Wehrmacht
Occupants	~185

The Longues-sur-Mer battery (German: Marineküstenbatterie (MKB) Longues-sur-Mer; also designated Widerstandsnest (Wn) 48)^[1] is a World War II German coastal artillery battery approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the village of Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. The battery is sited on a 60 m (200 ft) cliff overlooking the Baie de Seine and formed a part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications, between the Allied landing sectors of Gold Beach and Omaha Beach.

The battery shelled Allied naval forces off both beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944), but was damaged by Allied shore bombardment the same day, then captured on 7 June 1944 by British ground forces, playing no further part in the Normandy campaign.

The battery is the only one in Normandy to retain several of its original guns in situ. It was listed as a historical monument in October 2001, and remains in a good state of conservation.