La Poterie-Cap-d'Antifer

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at La Poterie-Cap-d’Antifer and evacuated by the Bruneval beach on 27/28 February 1942. On 6 June 1944, small boats called Harbour Defense Motor Launches (HDML) Today, it is a peaceful place full of tranquility. File:HDML 1301 In harbour at Padstow in WWII.jpg|A HDML similar to the ones used for Operation Taxable ==Geography==

A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some north of Le Havre, at the junction of the D111 and D950 roads. The commune borders the English Channel and has a beach and some spectacular limestone cliffs. It has a small port nearby. This port does receive much traffic.It is nearby the city of Le havre as shown on the map. File:Falaises, Cap d'Antifer, 2013-05-08.jpeg|View of the cliffs File:Map commune FR insee code 76508.png|At the bottom you can see the port facility. ==Population==

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century. • The Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse. • Aforementioned farming village. ==See also==