The Observation Post — Digital Download

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Inside the observation post at Merville, looking up at the opening cut for the periscope. The German NCO Buskotte was watching through it when a British officer fired at the lens point-blank.

The Merville Battery, Merville-Franceville-Plage, Normandy. August 2019. Canon 6D Mark II, 16–35mm.

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Part of Normandy, 1944 — three days on the same coast, seven years apart.