Witness accounts · Residents and families
The Piprel family’s recollections
Extracts recount the Piprel family’s experience around the Hôtel du Casino and Vierville during the night of 5 June and the morning of D-Day.
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Witness accounts · Residents and families
The Piprel family's recollections (2): 7 June
The Piprel family recalls 7 June at L'Ormel and Vierville, including the careful transport of a wounded American soldier towards a medical aid post.
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Letters and accounts from Vierville, 1939–1941
Letters and recollections describe Vierville at the beginning of the war, including mobilisation, evacuated children and relations under occupation.
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Vierville during the German occupation
Michel Hardelay’s recollections introduce life in occupied Vierville alongside photographs of the village and beachfront taken before the landings.
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Preparations for the landings
The landing plans set out the intended combination of air attacks, naval gunfire, armour, engineers and infantry for the assault on Vierville.
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Crossing the English Channel
Weather forecasts, convoy photographs and commentary explain the Channel crossing and the decision to postpone the landings from 5 to 6 June 1944.
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The preliminary naval bombardment at Vierville
Photographs and commentary examine the naval gunfire preceding the Vierville landings and the continued resistance encountered as assault craft approached the shore.
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Vierville on the afternoon and evening of 6 June: the day's outcome
An account of Vierville at the end of 6 June 1944, covering the limited advance, wounded soldiers, disrupted communications and losses on the beach.
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Clearing Vierville, Saint-Laurent and the cliffs on 7 June
The dossier follows fighting and clearance operations around Vierville, Saint-Laurent and the cliffs on 7 June, with movements, positions and prisoners.
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