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Todt Battery

The Todt Battery, also known as Batterie Todt, was a battery of coastal artillery built by Nazi Germany during World War II, located in the hamlet of Haringzelles, Audinghen, near Cape Gris-Nez, Pas de Calais, France.

Todt Battery

50°50′39″N 1°36′00″E / 50.8443°N 1.5999°E / 50.8443; 1.5999

Coastal battery

Private

One casemate is open to the public

Four casemates, in varied condition

22 July 1940 – 20 January 1942 (1940-07-22 – 1942-01-20)

Organisation Todt

1942–44

Concrete and steel

Operation Sea Lion, Channel Dash, Hellfire Corner, Operation Undergo

 Kriegsmarine

The battery consisted of four Krupp 380-millimetre (15 in) guns with a range up to 55.7 kilometres (34.6 mi),[1] capable of reaching the British coast, each protected by a bunker of reinforced concrete. Originally to be called Siegfried Battery, it was renamed in honor of the German engineer Fritz Todt, creator of the Todt Organisation. It was later integrated into the Atlantic Wall.


The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division attacked the Cape Gris-Nez batteries on 29 September 1944, and the positions were secured by the afternoon of the same day. The Todt battery fired for the last time on 29 September 1944 and was taken hours later by the North Nova Scotia Highlanders that landed in Normandy, as part of the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, after an intense aerial bombardment, as part of Operation Undergo.

One of the battery's 38 cm guns during World War II.

One of the battery's 38 cm guns during World War II.

K5 28 cm railway gun, at the museum.

K5 28 cm railway gun, at the museum.

Another view of the Todt Battery

Another view of the Todt Battery

Bunker in 1993.

Bunker in 1993.

Bunker housing the museum.

Bunker housing the museum.

Diorama showing the battery's four bunkers.

Diorama showing the battery's four bunkers.

The Todt Battery in 2008

The Todt Battery in 2008

Channel Dash

Kristiansand Cannon Museum

Hanstholm fortress

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OCLC

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OCLC

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OCLC

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Wijnstok, Jan Coen (2015). German railway gun 28 cm k5e leopold : 28 cm k5 (e). Model Centrum Progress.  978-83-60672-24-2. OCLC 951927000.

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Zaloga, Steven J. (2016). Railway guns of World War II. Oxford New York: Osprey Publishing.  978-1-4728-1068-7.

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This article was created from the translation of the article Batterie Todt the French Wikipedia, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported and free documentation license GNU.

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ISBN

Simonnet, Stéphane (2015). Les poches de l'Atlantique janvier 1944-mai 1945 : les batailles oubliées de la Libération (in French). Paris: Tallandier.  979-1-02-100493-1.

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Virilio, Paul (2008). Bunker archéologie – étude sur l'espace militaire européen de la Seconde Guerre mondiale (in French). Paris: Galilée.  9782718607801.

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(in French)

Todt Battery Museum website

Battery Todt on Bunkersite.com

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Germany 38 cm (14.96") SK C/34