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Lieutenant Green’s account
Royal Navy officer George “Jimmy” Green recalls leading the LCA flotilla that carried Company A of the 116th Infantry towards Dog Green on D-Day.
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Witness accounts · Allied servicemen and correspondents
Robert Sales’s account: Company B/116
Radio operator Robert “Bob” Sales recounts landing with Captain Zappacosta and Company B/116, describing the fire on the ramp and his struggle to reach cover.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Companies A and B, 2nd Ranger Battalion: the landing
Companies A and B of the 2nd Ranger Battalion are followed from their offshore wait for news of Pointe du Hoc to their landing near Dog Green and Dog White.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The landing of the 5th Ranger Battalion
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
Headquarters, artillery and engineers land from 07:40
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.
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The 121st Engineer Battalion operational report
An operational report describes the 121st Engineer Battalion’s scattered landings, initial losses and efforts to regroup before carrying out its assigned tasks.
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Telephone message log of the German 352nd Infantry Division
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 →The landings · The advance inland
Company C, 2nd Rangers, overcomes WN73 at the Gambier house
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.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The attack on WN70 above the Hardelay villa
The attack on WN70 is described through the movements of Companies A and B, 2nd Rangers, together with a section of Company D/116 after landing.
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5th Ranger Battalion testimonies
Extracts from Stephen Ambrose bring together recollections of the 5th Rangers’ departure from the beach, the wire obstacles and encounters with General Cota.
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The mayor of Englesqueville remembers 6 June
Charles Lepelletier's account recalls 6 June 1944 at Englesqueville-la-Percée, preserving a local mayor's personal testimony of the landings and their effects.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
The German counterattack at dawn on 7 June
A dossier on the German counterattack of 7 June combines unit-position sketches with a later officer's account whose identification is uncertain.
Read the document →Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
Saint-Laurent emergency airfield: E1 and A21C
Plans and photographs document Saint-Laurent's emergency airfield, its construction by aviation engineers and its use for evacuating wounded people from June 1944.
Read the document →Witness accounts · German servicemen
Franz Gockel's recollections of garrison life at Colleville
Franz Gockel recalls service with the 726th Infantry Regiment at Colleville before the landings, including billets, letters home and contact with residents.
Read the document →After D-Day · Reinforcements and the beachhead
The Engineer Special Brigades at Omaha Beach
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 →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
Operating the Mulberry harbour
Photographs and diagrams explain the operation of Mulberry A, including LST unloading at Lobnitz pierheads and the connection to shore by Whale roadways.
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Wrecks left after the June storm
Photographs document the wrecks and damaged harbour structures after the June storm, including Whale roadways, Lobnitz pierheads and surviving Phoenix caissons.
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Coastal panoramas after the storm, from La Percée to Le Ruquet
A sequence of coastal photographs, dated to around 23 June, traces the shore from La Percée to Le Ruquet and identifies damaged piers, villas and grounded craft.
Read the document →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
The artificial harbour after the war
Post-war photographs show surviving Phoenix caissons, Gooseberry blockships, Whale roadway wrecks and other remains on the Omaha coast after military operations ended.
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Michel Hardelay's recollections (8): Than and Le Vaumicel on 8 June
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.
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