The shell holes and remains of German concrete bunkers are a testament to the accurate shelling from French and British ships miles out to sea prior to 6th June 1944. The German shore battery at the top of the cliffs here had five 105mm guns. They were a threat to the invasion beaches and had to be disabled. American Rangers stormed the cliffs with rope ladders after the shelling as part of the D-Day invasion force and eventually took the German positions - but at a great sacrifice of life.