This site to the east of the mouth of the River Seulles in the town of Courseulles-sur-Mer was once an extensive complex of bunkers and gun casemates created to protect the entrance to the port and beach.
Today, the only evidence is a single ring of concrete near to the memorial and jetty which extends out past the sandy beach and river mouth.
That belongs to a now buried Vf8 Tobruk which was a position for an MG34 heavy machine gun.
The rest of Wn29’s buildings have been swallowed up by the extending town but included a cluster on defensive structures next to the jetty and port entrance and a second concentration of bunkers along the seafront to the east.
Those around the jetty included a R669 type casemate built for an 88mm Pak 43/41 field gun which faced to fire along the beach to the east.
The R669 casemate was replaced by a now closed Maison de la Mer restaurant, a very dated-looking building which itself is to be redeveloped in 2027 into a modern building which will include a bar and a tourism office overlooking the beach and port entrance.
Nearby were two small shelters and a ringstand for a 5cm KwK anti-tank gun, and the original gun can be found on display near to where it was positioned during the occupation of the town.
Behind the gun was a short section of anti-tank ditch. A much longer, zig zagging section of ditch, measuring hundreds of metres in length, started to the south of the railway lines which terminated behind the railway station which is now the town’s cinema. Archive images of this construction show it to be festooned with barbed wire and automatic flamethrowers of the Flamenwerfer 42 type. The ditch can no longer be found as it run under the area where houses now stand.
The ditch enveloped the Wn29 site which, at its most eastern end, featured a second R669 casemate, this time for a 75mm field gun facing west, plus a R623 armoured machine gun casemate which covered the eastern end of the position.
Now in the area of the public swimming pool, sea wall, and gardens there were also two beach front defensive Tobruks, several shelters, a rear Tobruk, and a R668 six-man bunker for the crews manning the defences.
Between the two main casemates in the centre of the were two more Tobruks and an early style Pilz, a dome-topped concrete pillbox for a machine gun.
Near the port entrance you can get up close to an original Sherman Duplex Drive tank and German 5cm KwK anti-tank gun.
The Sherman DD stands as a tribute to the Canadian forces who landed and liberated the area on June 6, 1944.