Marineküstenbatterie Plouharnel

Gun Battery Plouharnel were located on the peninsula Quiberon in southern Brittany. The gun battery was part of Festung Lorient and would protect the waters south of the port. The guns were three 340 mm. railway guns and were placed in open terrain protected by a protective wall in reinforced concrete.

In addition to protection for the three guns, there were built bunkers to munitions, crew, air defense, close combat and a 14 meter high fire command bunker.

In April 1944 Erwin Rommel visit the gun battery. He was in responsibility of the German defence in the west and was on an inspection tour along the Atlantic wall. After the Allied landings and the advance through bretagne the guns, along with the rest of Lorient, was besieged by the Allies. Only in March 1945, the guns at Plouharnel was captured after a prolonged bombardment by Allied artillery guns. The rest of Lorient remained in German hands until 10 May 1945.

The area was in a period after the war used a testing ground for the French army, but is today open to the public.