Widerstandsnest 60

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Le château en bref

The Widerstandsnest 60 (WN60) is a German strongpoint of the Atlantic Wall, located at Les Vignets de Cabourg in Colleville-sur-Mer (Calvados), at the eastern end of the defensive system on Omaha Beach, overlooking the shingle. It is not a medieval castle. The site comprised a network of trenches, a Tobruk pit on the cliff slope, an entrance to an underground gallery, an open-air 75 mm gun, four mortars, an anti-aircraft gun and several machine-gun nests, protected to the rear by a minefield and barbed wire. On 6 June 1944, American soldiers sheltering at the foot of the cliff climbed it from the east and took the position from the rear during the morning. Many of the trenches and works are still visible.