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Hillman Bunker complex
(65th Commemoration of D-Day on the Hillman site)
Hillman Fortress is located inland near Colleville-Montgomery, formerly known as Colleville-sur-Orne, on the British landingzone codenamed Sword Beach.
Built in 1942, this German occupying forces strongpoint (WN17) is a concrete set of 600 meters long where the headquarters of the 736th Regiment Grenadiers was established. It consists of 18 half buried blockaus connected by underground passageways.
On the evening of 6 June 1944, the British First Suffolk Regiment fought a costly battle to win the Hillman strongpoint, but the Germans had resisted long enough to allow the Wehrmacht 21st Panzer division regroupment and deny General Montgomery the advance into Caen.
On 9 June, Rommel is back on the front and the 21st Panzer division is grouped with two SS units.
The Allied Forces captured Caen after a month of fighting, including heavy Allied air raids.
Hillman site is being restored since 1990 by an association called "Les Amis du Suffolk Régiment".
Hillman Bunker complex
(65th Commemoration of D-Day on the Hillman site)
Hillman Fortress is located inland near Colleville-Montgomery, formerly known as Colleville-sur-Orne, on the British landingzone codenamed Sword Beach.
Built in 1942, this German occupying forces strongpoint (WN17) is a concrete set of 600 meters long where the headquarters of the 736th Regiment Grenadiers was established. It consists of 18 half buried blockaus connected by underground passageways.
On the evening of 6 June 1944, the British First Suffolk Regiment fought a costly battle to win the Hillman strongpoint, but the Germans had resisted long enough to allow the Wehrmacht 21st Panzer division regroupment and deny General Montgomery the advance into Caen.
On 9 June, Rommel is back on the front and the 21st Panzer division is grouped with two SS units.
The Allied Forces captured Caen after a month of fighting, including heavy Allied air raids.
Hillman site is being restored since 1990 by an association called "Les Amis du Suffolk Régiment".