Editing Courseulles-sur-Mer (section)

====Widerstandnesten WN 30====
StP.Courseulles (Süden) was located at North 49.3303 Deg / West 00. 4593 Deg and in June 1944, for targeting purposes, at: LZ1 vT MR Grid 969848 (Ref. GSGS 4250 1:50K: Creully Sheet 7E/5). The (WN) Resistance Nest at Courseulles (South) was a small ‘platoon-sized’ position, attempting to control the southeast exit, from Courseulles.<ref>Richard Drew, Atlantikwall: WW2 Defences from 1941-1944, France: AOK 7 Normandie. See: http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/oldsite/atlantikwall/Courseulles/Wn30-Courseulles-sur-Mer-01/html/page01.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322014215/http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/oldsite/atlantikwall/Courseulles/Wn30-Courseulles-sur-Mer-01/html/page01.htm |date=2018-03-22 }} Accessed 18.05.2016</ref><ref>Anderson Richard C., Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA., 2010, {{ISBN|9780811742719}}, Chapter 4 German Planning and Preparation: The German Defences - Page 73</ref> Here, Hauptmann Grote had his Zug-Gruppen, Kompanie 6. / Batl II 736, establish a supporting depth position, opposite the Châteaux, reinforcing a group of houses, above the town centre. WN 30 was a crew served weapon position, with only light machine guns (MG) and a least one light 50mm mortar (in Granatwerfer Schutzenloch), undercover, in a Type 1 Fa position.  With no PaK guns, tasked to 'defend' the south exit from town, it did cause some delay.  Providing mortar and machine gun covering fire, into WN 29, with its height advantage it made the task of clearing the beachfront extremely difficult.  Attacked by 'A' Company, The Regina Rifle Regiment, it took until late afternoon for Courseulles (Süden)  to be taken.