HMS Ajax target battery Longues sur Mer
Coast of Normandy As part of Force K, Ajax bombarded Gold Beach during the D-Day invasion (The battery at Longues gave some trouble but was silenced by 6-inch shells through the embrasures of two of the four casemates).
She later supported the landings in southern France.
Listing Details
Date
Status coordinate
Exact location
Image
Operation
- Neptune June 6-30
E-mail publisher
1,809
User
Fred Vogels
Please look at my personal website https://www.fredvogels.com
Map