During the Second World War, the German "Organization Todt" rebuilt a French artillery battery in the dunes of Fort Vert, close to Calais.
Just below Wissant, in Audinghen, the heavy guns of Battery Todt had a range of 55 kilometers, just far enough to hit England.
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