Utah Beach Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/utah-beach/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:14:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Review: Azeville Battery, Normandy https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/review-azeville-battery-normandy/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/review-azeville-battery-normandy/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:10:46 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4730 The German battery at Azeville north west of Utah Beach was supposed to be taken on D-Day itself. It was still firing on Utah on the morning of D+3 (9th June). Azeville is a little different to other batteries in Normandy in that you spend the first half of your visit in underground passages rather […]

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