Hauts-de-France
The German army misled the Allies by building a fire control post near Oye in the shape of a church tower.
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One of the dunes of Blériot-Plage, west of Calais, was crowned with a command post in the autumn of 1943. The coastal batteries of Waldam, Oldenburg, Bastion II, Fort Lapin, Sangatte and Lindemann were controlled from here.
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