Once a huge series of concrete defences overlooking the sandy beaches, Wn08 at the port town of Ouistreham was part of the Heers Kusten Batterie Riva Bella.
Today, most of the site has either been removed has largely been covered by the expanding development of the port town and so little remains in terms of numbers of buildings for visiting.
However, what does remain is exceptionally large! Le Grand Bunker - a special construction (SK) Hochleitstand fire control post - is located here and this massive multi-storey structure is now a superb museum.
Inside the 17m high, five level building you'll find an incredible number of original objects from the period, including a telemeter rangefinder on the top floor which you can look through to see miles out to sea - imagine what that might have looked like on the morning of June 6, 1944.
The museum also features a number of armoured vehicles, cannons, and beach defence objects, along with a Higgins landing craft which was used in the Hollywood movie Saving Private Ryan.
To the west of the grand bunker, at the edge of a car park is a stilted position which looks a new observation deck, but it is actually a raised anti-aircraft gun position which formed part of the defences of Wn08.
This towering structure stands above a personnel and ammunition bunker - which is partially buried amongst the housing in the area - and can be accessed by a set of steps to give you a view over Ouistreham.
In front of the observation post near to the stables and go cart track there are two more remnants of the site, a R134 ammunition bunker which would have supplied the shells for some of the six 15.5cm capture French artillery guns which were once located in open emplacements where the beach front wooden walkway, sport centre, and hotels now stand. Next to the R134 is a defensive Tobruk, although this is now almost completely covered over but a grass bank.
Walking along the promenade to the west of Wn08 towards Wn10 there are lots of beach huts which are hugely popular in the summer months but if you look carefully near the Casino area, you can also see a line of dragon’s teeth anti-tank defences poking out of the top of the sand between the huts.