The German army battery at Villerville, in a place called Les Bruyères, was composed of six 155-mm guns. Its range-finding post was located in a former farmhouse that had been turned into a blockhouse. It was the key element in the defence of the southern part of the Seine Estuary.

         Because it had been extensively damaged by aerial and naval bombardment, and was, in any case a considerable distance from the landing zone, it played no part whatsoever in the events of D-Day.