The battery at Azeville was composed of four 105-mm guns protected by casemates camouflaged as ordinary dwellings, two on either side of a country lane. There were also shelters and ammunition stores. The various buildings were linked together by a network of underground galleries that are now open to the public.

          Because of the insufficient range of its guns (approximately 10 km), the Azeville battery could not intervene effectively against the forces landing on Utah Beach. However, its garrison put up strong resistance when soldiers belonging to the 4^th US Division tried to capture it on June 7^th. Only after a fresh attack using flame-throwers did the survivors eventually surrender, two days later.