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Bény-sur-Mer
Commune
Chateau of Tournebu
Coat of arms
Location of Bény-sur-Mer
Bény-sur-MerShow map of FranceBény-sur-MerShow map of Normandy
Coordinates: 49°17′24″N 0°26′03″W / 49.29°N 0.4342°W / 49.29; -0.4342
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Thue et Mue
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hubert Delalande
Area	6.65 km (2.57 sq mi)
Population	444
• Density	67/km (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14062 /14440
Elevation	10–65 m (33–213 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bény-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [beni syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Bény on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, in northwestern France. It lies 5 km south of Bernières-sur-Mer and 13 km north of Caen.

World War II

During World War II, Bény-sur-Mer was liberated on D-Day by Le Régiment de la Chaudière, a French Canadian unit. There was a gun battery located near the town at the time.

D-Day: morning

Although garrisoned during the Occupation, Beny-sur-Mer did not play a central role in a major tactical confrontation on D-Day. Instead, the village witnessed three noteworthy incidents on that day. To the northeast, a prolonged struggle unfolded at Château-de-Tailleville (WN 23) before Beny-sur-Mer's security was assured. Directly to its west, a brief encounter occurred at WN 28a later in the day. Additionally, early in the morning, two battalions from the 716 Infantry Division encountered a transformative shift in their day due to Naval Gunfire.

• Kompanie 8 (schwere). / Battalion II./ Grenadier-Regiment 736., commanded by Hauptmann Johann Grzeski, the Ballation reserve, was sited at Les Ruines Saint-Ursin: La Haye de Saule (at North 49.3078 Deg / West 00.4386 Deg), in a ‘Open Field Earth (Hinzu kommen Positionen in offener Feldstellung) Fa Position’. It is reported that at 0510 hrs HQ Stab Btl II. / 736 reported, to HQ 716 Inf.Div., of airborne landings south of Bernières-sur-Mer (WN 28) and north of the Chateau-de-Tailleville (WN 23) inferring enemy troopers had penetrated up into Bernières-sur-Mer. Consistent with tactical doctrine, the Kdr. Btl II./ 736., ordered Ko 8./II 736. to mount a counterattack, and destroy the threat (... ‘no one is to wait, for higher…’). Though the details of the action are not confirmed, it is suggested that Ko 8. was lost. Committed, from a well dug-in position, in its action, moving across open ground, it would have taken naval gun fire, from HMS Kempenfelt, it shelling Kompanie 3. (Flak)/Pz.Jg.-Abt.716., at la-Tomblette. ‘Nobody returned … so the details are not known.’ Kdr 716 Inf.Div.
• 3. (FlaK) Kompanie. / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 716., on Le Pommeret (la Tomblette) was sited on the low ridge overlooking the beaches from St. Aubin to Courseulles, north of Beny-sur-Mer, under the leadership of the Oberleutnant Kurt Kaergel, his Panzerjäger-Abteilung 716, Gefechtsstand: Sallenelles. The primary target of HMS Kempenfelt, its two platoons were shelled at 06h19 BST, in positions at N 49.3026Deg / W 0.4238Deg and at N 49.3015Deg / W 0.4202Deg.
  • Züg - 3. (Flak) Kp. /Pz.Jg.-Abt.716. x6 7.5 cm D.C.A. Mle 1938(f) Static AA guns, in a field emplacement.
  • Züg - 3. (Flak) Kp. /Pz.Jg.-Abt.716. x20 3.2 cm Wurfgerät 40/41, set up in Packkiste, in an open field emplacement.

Late in the Occupation, Beny-sur-Mer garrisoned a German a supply transportation unit assigned from LXXXIV Armeekorps (Stab: St. Lô), to KVA H1 Caen. Located centrally to the work and units of Infantry-Division 716, a sub-unit of Kw.Trsp.Kp. 4./ Kw.Trsp.Abt. 564., it was noted to be in Beny-sur-Mer on D-Day. The supply and transport services of Occupation Static Divisions (Coastal Defense) were organized on the design that artillery batteries were not moved; as such artillery ammunition and the troop supply trains were not well resourced. From 1941, the priority for motorized and horse-drawn transport was for Divisions fighting in Russia; with almost no additional vehicles available for Divisions on occupation duty, in France. While a ‘standard’ Division Supply Column (Trains) should see up to eight motor transport columns, when mobilized in 1941, Inf.Div. 716., was allocated no supply commander, and only one motor transport column.

• Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung 564 (Motor Vehicle Transport Battalion: Kw.Trsp.Abt.564.) was established (Aufstellung) in June 1941 in Wehrkreis IV: Dresden, and assigned to Heerestruppe bei der Heeresgruppe B im Westen (H.Gr.B - La Roche Guyon). In December 1941, it added Kompanien 3. (FN 44363 aus WK IX: Kassel) and Kompanien 4. (FN 45651 aus WK VI: Münster) and in May 1943, designated ‘z. b. V.’ (zur besonderer Verwendung: for special purposes / for special use). With an OB West February 1944 reorganization: Kraftwagen-Transport-Regiment z.b.V. West., (Standarten) was established (in France) regrouping its three Kw.Trsp.Abt, fielding 13 Companies. The new Kw.Trsp.Rgt. West was designated Heeresgruppen-Truppen beim OB West (Paris: St Germain-en-Laye), commanded by General des Transportwesens West. Consequently, Kw.Trsp.Abt. 564 z.b.V. (Versorgungstruppen Nu. 21108010) was assigned (directly) as (Unterstellung): Kw.Trsp.Abt 564 (Stab Paris: Rueil-Malmaison) to 7. Armee (Stab: Le Mans) in der Kompanie NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps) Transportabteilung zur Wehrmacht.
  • AOK 7 allocated Kraftwagen Transport Kompanie 4., to LXXXIV Armeekorps (Stab: St. Lô) for employment with NSKK Transportkorps Speer, supporting allocated Divisions in defence and construction of Coastal fortifications. Feldpostnummern FN 45651 was first used in July 1941, assigned to 4.Kompanie Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung z.b.V. 564 (zur besonderer Verwendung). It changed designation in March 1942 to 4. Kompanie Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung 564. With a further reorganization, in October 1943, it was deleted, as a standalone unit in the Field Postal Directory (with the eventual forming of Kraftwagen-Transport-Regiment West).

D-Day: around noon

Widerstandnesten WN 23 was located at North 49.308275 Degrees / West 00.409888 Degrees and in June 1944, for targeting purposes, at: LZ1 vT MR Grid 003823 (Ref. GSGS 4250 1:50K: Creully Sheet 7E/5). The (WN) - Resistance Nest at the Château-de-Tailleville (de la colonie) was a unique ‘platoon-sized’ position, incorporating standard concrete (Verstärkt Feltmessig: Vf Type 2) gun casemates, with well-sited observation and crewed fighting positions. Located to dominate the roads entering the town, the position did dispose of an integrated network of trenches and tunnels, partially surrounded by a stone wall, permitting unobserved movement under cover.

Hauptmann Deptolla, Kommandeur Bataillon II./ 736., defending with only his Stabs-züg (Lt Heinz Rix, Karl Rub), and the Stabs-kompanie, perhaps undermanned, would cause problems all day for the Canadians. Planning to fight with his west flank secured by Kompanie 8.(schwere)/ II 736., at Les Ruines Saint-Ursin, off to the west, his right flank by Kompanie 12.(schwere)/ Bataillon III./736., to the east, in front of Douvres (WN 23a), and drawing ‘artillery’ support from Kompanie 3.(Flak)/Pz.Jg.-Abt.716., to his immediate west, he found himself alone. Having been located and well targeted, in 3rd Canadian Infantry Division planning, the fight for WN 23 was first impacted by Naval Counter Battery Gun Fire from the destroyer HMS Kempenfelt (R03) (at 06h19m), she shelling Kompanie 3 (Flak)./Pz.Jg.-Abt.716., sited in an open field emplacement, at Tailleville-la-Tomblette. This followed later in the morning by RAF Medium (Day) Bombers at 07h55 (BST).

WN 23 was overcome by the efforts of 'C' Company, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment (O.C. Major Daughney), landing at Saint Aubin-sur-Mer at 09h45. When able to bypass the fight for WN 27, intending to make a quick run to Tailleville, ‘C’ Company, The North Shore Regiment, was attached a tank troop from 'C' Squadron, The Fort Garry Horse. First reporting contact around noon, moving South, at MR Grid 004823, enemy mortars slowed the advance, the ‘C’ Sqn tanks moved-up, giving the necessary fire and moral support to get the North Shores up to the Chateau. Getting into the position at 13h52, a Sherman tank penetrated the walls, fronting the Chateau grounds, and shot up the trenches and their defenders with high explosive shells, at point blank range. After six hours of fighting, the remnants of the garrison surrendering, ‘C’ Company ‘secured’ Tailleville, at 17h30. 'D' Company was moved up to Tailleville on the east flank, as 'A' Company had previously sealed off the southern side of the position.

Having consolidated on the position, ‘C’ Company captured 4 Officers and 57 other prisoners, this reported at 20h10. It continued to root in the underground workings of the Château; around 23h00 producing more prisoners, including two wounded monocled officers. At 23h30 all of 'C' Squadron, The Fort Garry Horse, moved into position with the North Shores, the squadron laagered and passed an uncomfortable night constantly on the alert in expectation of a German counterattack. The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment lost 34 killed and 90 wounded in the fight for WN 23.

German Crew Served Weapons at Châteaux de Tailleville.

D-Day: at dusk

Le Regiment de la Chaudiere (8 CIB Reserve), at Bernières-sur-Mer, by 10h30, forming up with 'A' Squadron, The Fort Garry Horse moved South towards Beny-sur-Mer, encountering significant resistance, in exiting the town. While its Company ‘A’ (OC Major H. Lapointe), dealt with two very capable 8.8 cm Pak 43/41, in an open field emplacement, of Kompanie 2.(StuG) /Pz.Jg-Abt 716., sited just southwest of Berniers (on Les Perrucques), its ‘B' Company remained focused on its run to Beny-sur-Mer and WN28a. Having moved up with little difficulty, Company ‘B' Le Regiment de la Chaudiere (OC J.F. L’Esperance), ‘captured’ WN 28a by mid-afternoon, taking 54 prisoners. At the end of the day, The Fort Garry Horse were ordered back for rest and vehicle replenishment in Beny-sur-Mer, it was not until 01h00 07.06 that 'B' squadron made it back, while ‘C’ Squadron remained in Tailleville. The Fort Garry Horse suffered 13 killed and 12 wounded casualties on D-Day.

Widerstandnesten WN 28a was located West of Beny-sur-Mer (Moulineaux), at North 49.293 Degrees / West 00.451 Degrees and in June 1944, for targeting purposes, at: French Lambert MR Grid LZ1 vT 972808 (Ref. GSGS 4250 1:50K: Creully Sheet 7E/5). The (WN) - Resistance Nest, its south approach protected by La Mue, was a doctrinally laid-out four gun German ‘batterie-sized’ tactical position, with perimeter crewed weapon fighting positions, and ammunition storage points. The four 100mm le.F.H14/19(t) Czech guns, with an effective range of 9,970m range, were disposed in Type 1 ‘Open’ Field Gun Earth Fa Emplacements (Geschutzestellungen), incorporating only one Type Heer 669 ‘Gun’ (Verstärkt Feltmessig: Vf Type 2) concrete casement. Located to support the landing defences at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Berniers-sur-Mer, and St Aubin-sur-Mer, the position did dispose of light crew-served weapons, in supporting trenches on its South flank.

While effectively manned by Batterie 7. (Resi). / Bataillon II. / 1716 AR, commanded by Hauptmann Wilhelm Franke, his contribution to the fights on the JUNO beaches did not go as planned. Its intended effect, on the five Mike and Nan beaches was effectively neutralized by Naval Counter Battery Gun Fire, specifically from the cruiser HMS Diadem (84) at 05h52, and then furthered bombed by RAF Medium / Fighter Bombers at 08h15. There was not much fight left when, approaching from the northeast, it was overcome Le Regiment de la Chaudiere.

In Beny-sur-Mer there remains two reminders of D-Day and June 1944.

• Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery commemorates Canadian losses suffered on D-Day 1944 and subsequent battles in France. The cost in lives had been high, though not as high as had been estimated, on D-Day Canada suffered almost a thousand casualties, of whom 340 were killed or died of wounds.
• Beny-sur-Mer Airfield at 49°17'54"N / 00°25'34"W was a former Allied temporary invasion airfield, located 1 km north-northeast of Beny-sur-Mer in the Lower Normandy. The Airfield (ALG B4) was completed on 15 June 1944, it consisted of a 4,000' runway aligned 08Deg/35Deg, with dispersal areas, communications facilities, and landing lights, and was in continuous use until early August 1944.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

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External links

• Juno Beach – Le Régiment de la Chaudière on D-Day

v t e Communes of the Calvados department
Ablon Agy Amayé-sur-Orne Amayé-sur-Seulles Amfreville Angerville Anisy Annebault Arganchy Argences Arromanches-les-Bains Asnelles Asnières-en-Bessin Auberville Aubigny Audrieu Aure sur Mer Aurseulles Authie Les Authieux-sur-Calonne Auvillars Avenay Balleroy-sur-Drôme Banneville-la-Campagne Banville Barbery Barbeville Barneville-la-Bertran Baron-sur-Odon Barou-en-Auge Basly Basseneville Bavent Bayeux Bazenville La Bazoque Beaufour-Druval Beaumais Beaumesnil Beaumont-en-Auge Bellengreville Belle Vie en Auge Benerville-sur-Mer Bénouville Bény-sur-Mer Bernesq Bernières-d'Ailly Bernières-sur-Mer Beuvillers Beuvron-en-Auge Biéville-Beuville Blainville-sur-Orne Blangy-le-Château Blay Blonville-sur-Mer Le Bô La Boissière Bonnebosq Bonnemaison Bonneville-la-Louvet Bonneville-sur-Touques Bonnœil Bons-Tassilly Bougy Boulon Bourgeauville Bourguébus Branville Brémoy Bretteville-le-Rabet Bretteville-sur-Laize Bretteville-sur-Odon Le Breuil-en-Auge Le Breuil-en-Bessin Le Brévedent Bréville-les-Monts Bricqueville Brucourt Bucéels Le Bû-sur-Rouvres Cabourg Caen Cagny Cahagnes Cahagnolles La Caine Cairon La Cambe Cambes-en-Plaine Cambremer Campagnolles Campigny Canapville Canchy Canteloup Carcagny Cardonville Carpiquet Cartigny-l'Épinay Le Castelet Castillon Castillon-en-Auge Castine-en-Plaine Caumont-sur-Aure Cauvicourt Cauville Cernay Cesny-aux-Vignes Cesny-les-Sources Chouain Cintheaux Clarbec Clécy Cléville Colleville-Montgomery Colleville-sur-Mer Colombelles Colombières Colombiers-sur-Seulles Colomby-Anguerny Combray Commes Condé-en-Normandie Condé-sur-Ifs Condé-sur-Seulles Coquainvilliers Cordebugle Cordey Cormelles-le-Royal Cormolain Cossesseville Cottun Courcy Courseulles-sur-Mer Courtonne-la-Meurdrac Courtonne-les-Deux-Églises Courvaudon Crépon Cresserons Cresseveuille Creully sur Seulles Cricquebœuf Cricqueville-en-Auge Cricqueville-en-Bessin Cristot Crocy Croisilles Crouay Culey-le-Patry Cussy Cuverville Damblainville Danestal Deauville Démouville Le Détroit Deux-Jumeaux Dialan sur Chaîne Dives-sur-Mer Donnay Douville-en-Auge Douvres-la-Délivrande Dozulé Drubec Ducy-Sainte-Marguerite Ellon Émiéville Englesqueville-en-Auge Englesqueville-la-Percée Épaney Épinay-sur-Odon Épron Équemauville Eraines Ernes Escoville Espins Esquay-Notre-Dame Esquay-sur-Seulles Esson Estrées-la-Campagne Éterville Étréham Évrecy Falaise Fauguernon Le Faulq Feuguerolles-Bully Fierville-les-Parcs Firfol Fleury-sur-Orne La Folie La Folletière-Abenon Fontaine-Étoupefour Fontaine-Henry Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville Frénouville Le Fresne-Camilly Fresné-la-Mère Fresney-le-Puceux Fresney-le-Vieux Fumichon Gavrus Géfosse-Fontenay Genneville Gerrots Giberville Glanville Glos Gonneville-en-Auge Gonneville-sur-Honfleur Gonneville-sur-Mer Goustranville Gouvix Grainville-Langannerie Grainville-sur-Odon Grandcamp-Maisy Grangues Graye-sur-Mer Grentheville Grimbosq Guéron Hermanville-sur-Mer Hermival-les-Vaux Hérouville-Saint-Clair Hérouvillette Heuland La Hoguette Honfleur L'Hôtellerie Hotot-en-Auge Hottot-les-Bagues La Houblonnière Houlgate Ifs Isigny-sur-Mer Les Isles-Bardel Janville Jort Juaye-Mondaye Juvigny-sur-Seulles Laize-Clinchamps Landelles-et-Coupigny Landes-sur-Ajon Langrune-sur-Mer Léaupartie Leffard Lessard-et-le-Chêne Lingèvres Lion-sur-Mer Lisieux Lison Lisores Litteau Livarot-Pays-d'Auge Les Loges Les Loges-Saulces Longues-sur-Mer Longueville Longvillers Loucelles Louvagny Louvigny Luc-sur-Mer Magny-en-Bessin Maisoncelles-Pelvey Maisoncelles-sur-Ajon Maisons Maizet Maizières Malherbe-sur-Ajon Maltot Mandeville-en-Bessin Manerbe Manneville-la-Pipard Le Manoir Manvieux Le Marais-la-Chapelle Marolles Martainville Martigny-sur-l'Ante Mathieu May-sur-Orne Merville-Franceville-Plage Méry-Bissières-en-Auge Meslay Le Mesnil-au-Grain Le Mesnil-Eudes Le Mesnil-Guillaume Le Mesnil-Robert Le Mesnil-Simon Le Mesnil-sur-Blangy Le Mesnil-Villement Meuvaines Mézidon Vallée d'Auge Le Molay-Littry Les Monceaux Monceaux-en-Bessin Mondeville Mondrainville Monfréville Montfiquet Montigny Montillières-sur-Orne Montreuil-en-Auge Monts-en-Bessin Les Monts d'Aunay Morteaux-Coulibœuf Mosles Mouen Moulines Moulins en Bessin Moult-Chicheboville Les Moutiers-en-Auge Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais Moyaux Mutrécy Nonant Norolles Noron-l'Abbaye Noron-la-Poterie Norrey-en-Auge Notre-Dame-de-Livaye Notre-Dame-d'Estrées-Corbon Noues de Sienne Olendon Orbec Osmanville Ouézy Ouffières Ouilly-du-Houley Ouilly-le-Tesson Ouilly-le-Vicomte Ouistreham Parfouru-sur-Odon Pennedepie Périers-en-Auge Périers-sur-le-Dan Périgny Perrières Pertheville-Ners Petiville Pierrefitte-en-Auge Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais Pierrepont Le Pin Planquery Plumetot La Pommeraye Pont-Bellanger Pont-d'Ouilly Pontécoulant Pont-Farcy Pont-l'Évêque Port-en-Bessin-Huppain Ponts sur Seulles Potigny Préaux-Bocage Le Pré-d'Auge Prêtreville Putot-en-Auge Quetteville Ranchy Ranville Rapilly Repentigny Reux Reviers La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur La Roque-Baignard Rocques Rosel Rots Rouvres Rubercy Rumesnil Ryes Saint-André-d'Hébertot Saint-André-sur-Orne Saint-Arnoult Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay Saint-Aubin-des-Bois Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot Saint-Côme-de-Fresné Saint-Contest Saint-Denis-de-Mailloc Saint-Denis-de-Méré Saint-Désir Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer Sainte-Honorine-de-Ducy Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle Sainte-Marie-Outre-l'Eau Saint-Étienne-la-Thillaye Saint-Gatien-des-Bois Saint-Germain-de-Livet Saint-Germain-du-Pert Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe Saint-Germain-Langot Saint-Germain-le-Vasson Saint-Hymer Saint-Jean-de-Livet Saint-Jouin Saint-Julien-sur-Calonne Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent-de-Condel Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer Saint-Léger-Dubosq Saint-Louet-sur-Seulles Saint-Loup-Hors Saint-Manvieu-Norrey Saint-Marcouf Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière Saint-Martin-de-Blagny Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc Saint-Martin-de-Mieux Saint-Martin-des-Entrées Saint-Omer Saint-Ouen-du-Mesnil-Oger Saint-Ouen-le-Pin Saint-Pair Saint-Paul-du-Vernay Saint-Philbert-des-Champs Saint-Pierre-Azif Saint-Pierre-Canivet Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs Saint-Pierre-du-Bû Saint-Pierre-du-Fresne Saint-Pierre-du-Jonquet Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Saint-Pierre-en-Auge Saint-Rémy Saint-Samson Saint-Sylvain Saint-Vaast-en-Auge Saint-Vaast-sur-Seulles Saint-Vigor-le-Grand Sallen Sallenelles Sannerville Saon Saonnet Sassy Seulline Soignolles Soliers Sommervieu Soulangy Souleuvre en Bocage Soumont-Saint-Quentin Subles Sully Surrain Surville Terres de Druance Tessel Thaon Le Theil-en-Auge Thue et Mue Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom Tilly-sur-Seulles Le Torquesne Touffréville Touques Tour-en-Bessin Tourgéville Tournières Tourville-en-Auge Tourville-sur-Odon Tracy-Bocage Tracy-sur-Mer Tréprel Trévières Troarn Le Tronquay Trouville-sur-Mer Trungy Urville Ussy Vacognes-Neuilly Valambray Valdallière Val d'Arry Val de Drôme Val-de-Vie Valorbiquet Valsemé Varaville Vaucelles Vauville Vaux-sur-Aure Vaux-sur-Seulles Vendes Vendeuvre Versainville Verson Ver-sur-Mer La Vespière-Friardel Le Vey Vicques Victot-Pontfol Vienne-en-Bessin Vierville-sur-Mer Vieux Vieux-Bourg Vignats Villers-Bocage Villers-Canivet Villers-sur-Mer Villerville La Villette Villons-les-Buissons Villy-Bocage Villy-lez-Falaise Vimont Vire Normandie
: prefecture : subprefecture

• Communes of Calvados (department)
• Populated coastal places in France