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Possible British and German cross-Channel gun duels

Long-range British and German coastal batteries may have exchanged fire across the Channel during World War II, though no battery or engagement is named.

Question

Could British coastal fortifications help an invasion across the Channel?

Short answer

British and German heavy batteries are tentatively recalled as exchanging fire across the Channel, but no specific support for an invasion is identified.

Notes

Long-range British and German coastal guns are tentatively recalled exchanging fire across the English Channel during World War II. Their range could extend the fighting beyond each side's shoreline. No battery or engagement is identified, so direct support for a particular invasion remains unconfirmed.