Todt Battery

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The Todt battery is a German Second World War coastal artillery battery located in the hamlet of Haringzelles, a commune of Audinghen, in the southern part of Cape Gris-Nez. It was the 7th largest German Army work during World War II and was the second largest coastal battery on the Atlantic Wall, behind the Lindemann battery in firepower. It is equipped with four 380 mm marine guns with a maximum range of 55.7 kilometres, capable of reaching the English coast, each of which is installed in a large reinforced concrete casemate.

History: Its construction began in August 1940 and ended in autumn 1941. Originally designed to support Operation Seelöwe, it was officially inaugurated on 15 March 1942 in the presence of high dignitaries of Kriegsmarine. The Todt battery fired its first shell during its construction by Tower No. 1 at the end of September 1940. This will be reported in the German newspapers of the time by title "The Siegfried battery shot at England". Originally named "Siegfried battery", it is renamed "Todt battery" in the...