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The landings · Preparations
Ships, fire-support groups and firing schedules illustrate the naval bombardment planned to support the assault on Omaha Beach and the Vierville sector.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Organisation of the forces
The organisation of the Western Task Force is outlined through its principal task forces, commanders and responsibilities for the American landing beaches.
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Accounts and photographs describe the Coast Guard patrol boats assigned to rescue survivors from damaged or sinking craft during the Omaha Beach landings.
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The assault programme sets out the intended order of tanks, engineers, infantry and Rangers landing in Vierville’s Charlie, Dog Green and Dog White sectors.
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A colour-coded timetable details the units, landing craft and beach sectors assigned to the first four hours of the planned assault on Vierville.
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A detailed loading table records vessels, units, personnel and vehicles assigned to the 116th Regimental Combat Team’s landings on Dog Green and Dog White.
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Yves Cordelle brings together scattered evidence about a reported Allied commando action at Saint-Laurent during the night of 5–6 June 1944.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
A diagram compares the men and landing craft that reached Vierville with the planned programme, recording diversions, delays and substantial material losses.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recalls everyday events in Vierville on the two days before the landings, including the parish’s first communions on Sunday 4 June.
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Edmond Scelles, who was sixteen in June 1944, describes occupied life around the Prieuré at Saint-Laurent before recounting the landings elsewhere in the collection.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Weather forecasts, convoy photographs and commentary explain the Channel crossing and the decision to postpone the landings from 5 to 6 June 1944.
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The offshore anchorages, weather conditions and route towards Omaha Beach are described through transport arrangements, landing-craft movements and contemporary illustrations.
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Ship lists, loading information and plans show how assault troops were carried towards Omaha Beach aboard transports and transferred into smaller landing craft.
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This account explains how rough water and coastal currents affected the small assault craft, often carrying them east of their intended landing sectors.
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The morning air attack is examined through its targets, cloud conditions and the decision to delay bomb release to protect the approaching assault craft.
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An account from the air base at Bungay follows preparations by the 446th Bomb Group for its early-morning mission against the Vierville defences.
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Photographs and commentary examine the naval gunfire preceding the Vierville landings and the continued resistance encountered as assault craft approached the shore.
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Michel Hardelay recounts the night before the landings and the first hours of 6 June, with sketches and editorial notes comparing his remembered timings.
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Recollections of the Coliboeuf family describe the night and dawn of 6 June at Vierville’s former station, with family photographs and local context.
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Extracts recount the Piprel family’s experience around the Hôtel du Casino and Vierville during the night of 5 June and the morning of D-Day.
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