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35 documents for “Pointe du Hoc”.
The landings · The advance inland
The German view of the morning fighting is assembled from unit positions, remembered staff sketches and commentary on command arrangements around Vierville and Omaha Beach.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recounts the arrival of the first American soldiers in Vierville, with sketches and photographs locating houses, shops and streets in his account.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
Photographs and movement maps document Vierville on the morning of 7 June, with access from the beach, wrecked landing craft and the aftermath of the assault.
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
Ship lists, loading information and plans show how assault troops were carried towards Omaha Beach aboard transports and transferred into smaller landing craft.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Plans and dated photographs trace the Sherman DD tanks and other armoured vehicles that reached the beaches around Vierville on the morning of D-Day.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
Accounts describe the capture of American engineers near L'Ormel on 7 June and the concern caused in Vierville by the early German counterattack.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recounts a visit to the Manoir de Than and Le Vaumicel with Captain Gardiner on 8 June, with photographs and notes on the German positions.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The first landing of Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment, is described through its LCA transport arrangements and the intense fire encountered off Vierville.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
The dossier follows fighting and clearance operations around Vierville, Saint-Laurent and the cliffs on 7 June, with movements, positions and prisoners.
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.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The landing of Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion, is examined through its intended route, arrival near WN73 and the severe losses suffered below the Gambier house.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
Follow Colonel Canham's command group in Vierville on 6 June, as the dossier examines its move to Les Isles and its increasing isolation that afternoon.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Organisation of the forces
A detailed order of battle lists German infantry and artillery formations, commanders, headquarters and positions associated with the Omaha Beach area.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The action around WN73 follows Company C of the 2nd Ranger Battalion from the beach to the cliff-top positions around the Gambier house on 6 June.
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