- Sottevast
Infobox Commune de France|nomcommune=Sottevast
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Manche
arrondissement=Cherbourg-Octeville
canton=Bricquebec
insee=50579
cp=50260
maire=Françoise Bougie
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=
longitude=-1.59305555556
latitude=49.5236111111
alt moy=46 m
alt mini=
alt maxi=
hectares=1 082
km²=10,82
sans=1,196
date-sans=1999
dens=110|Sottevast is a
village and commune in north-westernFrance .Infobox Military Structure
name = Sottevast
partof =Nazi Germany
location =France
coordinates = coord|49|31|N|1|36|E|region:FR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki
caption = Generals Eisenhower and Bradley tour the captured Sottevast construction site. [NOTE: [http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/sottevast.html The location for the photo of Eisenhower on the stairs] ] has also been identified asBrécourt .]
type =bunker
code=
built =
builder =
materials =
height =
used = captured before being used
demolished=
condition=
ownership=
open_to_public =
controlledby=
garrison =
current_commander=
commanders=
occupants=
battles =Operation Crossbow
events=Bombing of Sottevast in World War II
Sottevast was a
Nazi Germany storage and servicingbunker for V-weapons. [http://www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_51.htm] The site was captured by the504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (World War II) .Fact|date=June 2008[cite web |title=Welcome to the 504th PIR Association |url=http://www.504pirassociation.org/ |format=html |accessdate=2008-09-09 |work= |publisher=DotNetNuke Corporation] [cite web |last=Stever |first=H. Guyford |title=In War and Peace |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BjKnAH22EcoC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=sottevast+captured&source=web&ots=wyhm9vomrh&sig=2ISUhtIHsajbd6LEDNvfj_Xm0to&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result |format=html |accessdate=2008-09-09 |page=p47]
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