Laura’s travelogue

The Balconies of Malta uploaded on 1 March 2008

Valletta Malta

Ruin on the Cliffs uploaded on 1 March 2008

Dingli Cliffs Malta

On top of the World uploaded on 1 March 2008

Or at least Dingli Cliffs.

Malta

Stairway to Heaven uploaded on 1 March 2008

Dingli Cliffs

Church on the Cliffs uploaded on 1 March 2008

Dingli Cliffs

A peek inside a Maltese Church uploaded on 1 March 2008

Dingli Cliffs uploaded on 1 March 2008

St Paul Catacombs uploaded on 1 March 2008

Casino Notible uploaded on 1 March 2008

Mdina Malta

Long Sleeping Dragons uploaded on 7 February 2008

LONGUES-SUR-MER Calvados - 8 km north of Bayeux
A battery of the Atlantic Wall surrendered
Situated west of Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy, Longues-sur-Mer overlooked the ocean from the top of a 65 meters height cliff, a perfect position where the Germans had installed a four 150 mm guns battery. On 6 June 1944, at 5:30 am several allied battle ships opened fire on the battery. When the Allied Armada was on sight, the German heavy guns striked back. The HMS Ajax concentrated his fire on the German battery at one kilometre range. The battery stopped bombing a short time, but fire started again and the position shelled the Landing ships until 5 pm.The battery surrendered to the British troops the next day with the 184 men garrison.