Battle of Douvres Radar Station

Battle of Douvres Radar Station
Part of the Normandy Landings
Würzburg Riese radar at Douvres-la-Délivrande
Date 17 June 1944 Location near Douvres-la-Délivrande, Normandy, France 49°17′10″N 0°24′11″W / 49.286°N 0.403°W / 49.286; -0.403 Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Eric C.E. Palmer	Kurt Egle
Strength
41 Commando 79th Armoured Division (elements)	Kompanie 8./Ln-Regiment 53./ (LWF) Gren-Regt 736./Bn III. (Kp.11/Kp.12) Panzergrenadier-Regt 192./Bn II. (KGr Rauch) (21st Panzer Division)
Casualties and losses
4 killed, 12 wounded 4 tanks[1]	Many killed, 227 captured, [2]

The Battle of Douvres Radar Station was a military engagement of the Invasion of Normandy, that took place on 17 June 1944. The radar had been destroyed on the first day and Allied troops had bypassed the site moving further inland.

British No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando attacked a German radar station operated by and mostly defended by Luftwaffe ground forces. Supported by an artillery and detachments of specialist mine-clearing and assault tanks of 79th Armoured Division, the defences were breached and the site taken with few casualties on the Allied side.^[2]