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36 documents for “Michel Hardelay”.
Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recalls everyday events in Vierville on the two days before the landings, including the parish’s first communions on Sunday 4 June.
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Michel Hardelay recounts the arrival of the first American soldiers in Vierville, with sketches and photographs locating houses, shops and streets in his account.
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Michel Hardelay recalls the afternoon and evening of 6 June in Vierville, with meals interrupted by shellfire and brief periods of relative quiet.
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Michel Hardelay recalls exploring Vierville on 8 June, alone and with Captain Gardiner, amid air alerts, harbour construction and the aftermath of the fighting.
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Michel Hardelay recounts the night before the landings and the first hours of 6 June, with sketches and editorial notes comparing his remembered timings.
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Michel Hardelay recalls evenings near Omaha Beach, antiaircraft procedures, barrage balloons and the daily hazards surrounding the developing harbour.
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Michel Hardelay recalls Vierville on the morning of 7 June, accompanied by photographs of ships offshore, the village crossroads and local wartime scenes.
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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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Michel Hardelay describes Vierville from 9 June onwards, with an account involving the damaged church tower and views of the village crossroads.
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Michel Hardelay records events at Vierville bus station on 7 June, drawing on the Coliboeuf family's memories of searches, shelter and identity checks.
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Michel Hardelay recalls the afternoon of 7 June in Vierville, preparations to evacuate civilians and the shelling of the village crossroads that evening.
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Michel Hardelay recalls travelling towards Vacqueville on the afternoon of 8 June, searching for a borrowed bicycle and observing the consequences of the fighting.
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Michel Hardelay’s recollections introduce life in occupied Vierville alongside photographs of the village and beachfront taken before the landings.
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 →Places · Vierville-sur-Mer
Photographs and plans examine WN71 on the eastern side of the Vierville beach exit, beside the anti-tank wall separating it from WN72.
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The WN72 dossier examines the bunkers and gun positions guarding the Vierville beach exit, illustrated by plans, aerial views and ground photographs.
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Recollections of the Coliboeuf family describe the night and dawn of 6 June at Vierville’s former station, with family photographs and local context.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
An account of Vierville at the end of 6 June 1944, covering the limited advance, wounded soldiers, disrupted communications and losses on the beach.
Read the document →After D-Day · Local life in 1944
Photographs and commentary follow Vierville château from its pre-war appearance to wartime occupation and use as the 11th Port headquarters in summer 1944.
Read the document →After D-Day · Local life in 1944
Photographs document the Manoir de Than before the war and in September 1944, including ruined buildings, German shelters and an observation post in a cypress.
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