Hauts-de-France
The German army misled the Allies by building a fire control post near Oye in the shape of a church tower.
Stutzpunkt Martha
For 75 years, the North Sea has been pounding into two bunkers at the Martha infantry support point, a German complex on the beach of Escardines that was part of the Atlantic Wall.
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