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Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
Images of Saint-Laurent after the first day's fighting document the beach exit, antitank wall, damaged buildings and continuing clearance of the area.
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The history of Villa Les Moulins traces a Saint-Laurent property from former grain mills to a seaside home and its place in the history of the landings.
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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 →Places · Colleville-sur-Mer
An introduction to Colleville-sur-Mer in June 1944 leads into dossiers on German strongpoints, Allied assault plans, the fighting and the village afterwards.
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A plan and commentary describe WN 60 above Cabourg at the eastern end of Omaha Beach, including its weapons, shelters and artillery observation post.
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Plans and commentary examine WN 61 on Colleville beach, its flanking gun positions and the cautiously reconstructed details of its weapons and garrison.
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The dossier describes WN 62, its weapons and garrison, and the connection between the Colleville strongpoint and artillery observation inland.
Read the document →Witness accounts · German servicemen
Franz Gockel recalls service with the 726th Infantry Regiment at Colleville before the landings, including billets, letters home and contact with residents.
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Photographs and intelligence maps locate WN 63, the underground headquarters associated with Companies 3/726 and 8/916 in the village of Colleville.
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Maps and commentary explain Allied plans for Colleville, linking the Fox Green and eastern Easy Red sectors with beach exits and German strongpoints.
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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
An account of the fighting east of Colleville on 6 June relates the Fox Red sector to WN 60 and the failure of preliminary bombardment to silence defences.
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Photographs and film images show Colleville after the landings, including troops, civilians, prisoners, damaged vehicles and comparisons with later views.
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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 →After D-Day · Reinforcements and the beachhead
Photographs follow reinforcements landing at Omaha from 8 June onwards, including the 2nd Infantry and 2nd Armored Divisions and later formations.
Read the document →After D-Day · Reinforcements and the beachhead
Photographs document the visit of Marshall and other senior Allied commanders to Omaha Beach on 12 June 1944, with further naval visits on 14 June.
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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 →Maps & archives · Maps and aerial views
Twelve low-altitude aerial photographs dated 10 August 1944 show Omaha Beach, with detailed views of buildings, vehicles, ships and beachhead installations.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Press extracts published in June 2001 relate the story of American serviceman Joe Bossi, who was billeted at the Ferme des Isles in Vierville.
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