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Wn61 Colleville-sur-Mer Le Cavey
Easterly beachfront position on Omaha Beach.
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Wn61 site overview
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What to see
You could be forgiven for missing Wn61 Le Cavey if you were driving along Omaha Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer as this once extensive site has been swallowed by newer developments.
The most easterly of the beachfront area Widerstandsnests, this site boasted a huge R677 gun casemate for an 88mm Pak 43 cannon along with Tobruks, shelters for personnel, and a 1694 type Ringstand for a 5cm KwK gun.
Most of the structures are still in place, but they are well hidden by modern buildings, except for the R677 which is now being used as a holiday retreat, and we're pretty sure the double glazed windows and shutters weren't there in 1944.
The same garden also features a Tobruk which once had a captured French Renault35 tank turret bolted on top and would have given defensive support to the rear and east of the large casemate.
To the rear of the site is a Tobruk where a 5cm mortar was positioned while in front were trenches which linked it to machine gun posts, ammo niches, and a personnel shelter.
There's a lot of rubble and metalwork remaining on the beach in front of this location, including several twisted remains of the metal strips used as a hard standing for soft ground, sometimes around the perimeter of airfields.
Gallery
![The beach in front of Wn61 Colleville-sur-Mer Le Cavey looking east. Copyright NormandyBunkers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8e015_42394648c1f840afbde1fc551851ae2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b8e015_42394648c1f840afbde1fc551851ae2f~mv2.jpg)
![The beach in front of Wn61 Colleville-sur-Mer Le Cavey still has a lot of WW2 detritus. Copyright NormandyBunkers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8e015_126f9b693ea147eb992c2b45459e0dca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b8e015_126f9b693ea147eb992c2b45459e0dca~mv2.jpg)
![Overview of positions at Wn61 Colleville-sur-Mer Le Cavey on Omaha Beach.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8e015_a18a3d3cf78149ff86f2fbae8946cf01~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b8e015_a18a3d3cf78149ff86f2fbae8946cf01~mv2.jpg)
![The beach in front of Wn61 Colleville-sur-Mer Le Cavey looking east. Copyright NormandyBunkers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b8e015_42394648c1f840afbde1fc551851ae2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b8e015_42394648c1f840afbde1fc551851ae2f~mv2.jpg)