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Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
Plans and commentary describe WN 64 east of Le Ruquet, its gun and mortar positions, unfinished construction and the uncertainty surrounding its strength.
Read the document →Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
A plan and descriptions examine WN 65 west of Le Ruquet, including its antitank ditch, bunkers and coastal positions, with several identifications qualified.
Read the document →Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
Photographs and film images follow the first landings at Le Ruquet on 6 June, showing approaching LCVPs, beach obstacles and troops on a rising tide.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay’s recollections introduce life in occupied Vierville alongside photographs of the village and beachfront taken before the landings.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Reports and documents
A telephone-message log records reports sent and received by the German 352nd Infantry Division as the Normandy landings developed on 6 June 1944.
Read the document →After D-Day · Reinforcements and the beachhead
The dossier explains the organisation of the Engineer Special Brigades and 11th Port, with photographs and reports on the management of the Omaha beachhead.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
This overview follows the headquarters, artillery and engineer units intended to land after the first infantry waves, as fire, current and submerged obstacles disrupted arrivals.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Maps and aerial views
A sequence of aerial photographs records Omaha Beach, Vierville and neighbouring places before the landings, with dates and location notes in the captions.
Read the document →After D-Day · Casualties, prisoners and cemeteries
The dossier traces the first temporary cemetery at Vierville, the collection of bodies from 7 June and the sequence of cemeteries associated with Omaha Beach.
Read the document →The landings · German defences
Maps, photographs and commentary outline German units, command posts and artillery positions around Vierville and the wider Omaha Beach area.
Read the document →The landings · German defences
This dossier explains the beach obstacles, mines and cliff-top positions that formed the German defensive system in the Omaha Beach area in 1944.
Read the document →The landings · Preparations
The landing plans set out the intended combination of air attacks, naval gunfire, armour, engineers and infantry for the assault on Vierville.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Maps and aerial views
Coastal profiles and descriptive texts show how the Omaha Beach shoreline, exits, bluffs and buildings were represented for the forces approaching from sea.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
An overview of the first assault wave at Vierville identifies the tanks, engineers, infantry and Rangers intended to arrive around 06:30 on 6 June.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The engineer battalions assigned to Vierville are followed as their craft became dispersed between Dog White and Le Ruquet during the morning landings.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The 5th Ranger Battalion’s inland movements are followed from Dog White through an attempted route around Vierville and a later passage westwards through the village.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Letters and recollections describe Vierville at the beginning of the war, including mobilisation, evacuated children and relations under occupation.
Read the document →The landings · Preparations
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.
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 →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Photographs and commentary examine artillery intended for Vierville, including tracked M7 howitzers, anti-aircraft weapons, short 105 mm guns and anti-tank guns.
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