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Places · Colleville-sur-Mer
The dossier examines the 6 June fighting below WN 61 and WN 62 at Colleville, in eastern Easy Red and Fox Green, beginning with the preliminary bombardment.
Read the document →Witness accounts · German servicemen
Franz Gockel recalls the alert and fighting at WN 62 on 6 June 1944, offering a German soldier's personal account from the Colleville strongpoint.
Read the document →Places · Colleville-sur-Mer
Plans and photographs document Colleville's A22C transport airfield, its construction in summer 1944 and its role in supplying the advancing American forces.
Read the document →The landings · German defences
Plans and photographs document the successive rows of gates, timber obstacles and steel hedgehogs placed on the tidal beach in front of Vierville.
Read the document →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 →Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Sergeant Bill Presley’s account describes reaching the sea wall with a small group and using a recovered radio to request naval fire on a rocket battery.
Read the document →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
Maps, vessel lists and photographs trace the scuttling of Corncob blockships to form the Gooseberry breakwater, with uncertain identifications kept explicit.
Read the document →The landings · Preparations
This page sets out the intended air attacks on German strongpoints around Vierville and explains the targets, aircraft and timing assigned before D-Day.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Photographs and commentary examine the naval gunfire preceding the Vierville landings and the continued resistance encountered as assault craft approached the shore.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recounts the night before the landings and the first hours of 6 June, with sketches and editorial notes comparing his remembered timings.
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 crossing and the landings
The heavy-weapons company of the 116th Infantry’s 1st Battalion is followed through scattered landings, lost equipment and substantial casualties on Dog Green and Dog White.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The 5th Ranger Battalion’s arrival on Dog White is described after its offshore wait for a signal to reinforce the assault at Pointe du Hoc.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The destruction of LCI 92 is traced through its arrival near the Dog White–Dog Red boundary, the fire aboard and later photographs of its wreck.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Bernard Lecornichon recalls bombardment, family shelter and an encounter with American soldiers near Vierville, drawing on his experience as a nine-year-old child in 1944.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Madame Ygouf describes leaving her home at Les Isles with her children and household, then sheltering through the bombardment and fighting around Vierville.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recalls exploring Vierville on 8 June, alone and with Captain Gardiner, amid air alerts, harbour construction and the aftermath of the fighting.
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 →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recalls travelling towards Vacqueville on the afternoon of 8 June, searching for a borrowed bicycle and observing the consequences of the fighting.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Maps and aerial views
Aerial photographs dated 28 August 1947 show Omaha Beach with harbour wrecks, blockships, causeways and the cemetery still visible in the post-war landscape.
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