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In 1939 when the Germans occupied Vierville they commandeered some of the empty villas on the Boulevard de Cauvigny and they were used by Luftwaffe personnel on a break from the Russian front. There was a rotation, but some airmen returned several times. Then in 1941 they also occupied some buildings which were still lived in including "les Hortensias" -the big house where the digue wall starts at St. Laurent and the Casino.
Starting in 1943, the chalet and many of the other 26 residences along the sea-front were systematically destroyed by the Germans to eliminate any shelter for an "unlikely" invasion force on this harbourless stretch of coast. Instead of blowing up all the houses quickly, they dismantled some and reused materials to build a defensive system of gun emplacements and trenches. Indeed they recruited men from the village to help with the demolition. M. Hardelay from the "Hortentias" who had been evicted and lived in the village near the grocers, was hired to take his own house apart.
CHALET DESTROYED
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