Places · Trévières
Trévières during and after the liberation
Photographs show Trévières during and after the fighting, including casualties, ruined buildings, bridge work, celebrations and the clearance of debris.
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Witness accounts · Residents and families
The battle of Trévières as recalled by Canon Bertreux
Canon Bertreux's account describes the battle of Trévières, with bombardment, fires, civilian flight, casualties and efforts to care for the wounded.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Maps and aerial views
Maps prepared for Omaha Beach
American maps of Omaha Beach are presented with their scales, issue dates, beach sectors and supporting information such as profiles and tide curves.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The morning situation at Vierville from the German side
The German view of the morning fighting is assembled from unit positions, remembered staff sketches and commentary on command arrangements around Vierville and Omaha Beach.
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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.
Read the document →The landings · German defences
Organisation of the German defences
Maps, photographs and commentary outline German units, command posts and artillery positions around Vierville and the wider Omaha Beach area.
Read the document →The landings · Preparations
The Ascain commando at Saint-Laurent
Yves Cordelle brings together scattered evidence about a reported Allied commando action at Saint-Laurent during the night of 5–6 June 1944.
Read the document →Witness accounts · German servicemen
A German soldier at Vierville on D-Day
Private Wegner’s recollections place a German machine-gunner near WN72 at Vierville as troops watched the Channel and prepared for a possible Allied landing.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
The situation in Vierville on the morning of 7 June
Photographs and movement maps document Vierville on the morning of 7 June, with access from the beach, wrecked landing craft and the aftermath of the assault.
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.
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Michel Hardelay's recollections (9): Vacqueville on 8 June
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 →The landings · About the collection
The 1944 landings at Omaha Beach
An introduction to the documents, photographs and witness accounts assembled by Yves Cordelle on Omaha Beach, with particular attention to Vierville.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Organisation of the forces
German order of battle
A detailed order of battle lists German infantry and artillery formations, commanders, headquarters and positions associated with the Omaha Beach area.
Read the document →Witness accounts · German servicemen
Lieutenant Heinze’s account
Hans Heinze describes D-Day from the perspective of a young German officer serving with the 916th Infantry Regiment near Formigny and Omaha Beach.
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Edmond Scelles: recollections of Saint-Laurent
Edmond Scelles, who was sixteen in June 1944, describes occupied life around the Prieuré at Saint-Laurent before recounting the landings elsewhere in the collection.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Reports and documents
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
US Navy support during the assault on Vierville
Naval support during the fighting for Vierville is examined through the participating ships, close-support craft and the practical difficulty of identifying targets ashore.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
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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The German side on the afternoon and evening of 6 June
The dossier considers German positions around Vierville on the afternoon and evening of 6 June, including disorganisation, isolated resistance and withdrawals.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
The shelling of Vierville crossroads on the evening of 7 June
An account of the shelling of Vierville crossroads on 7 June describes damage, burning ammunition vehicles and the testimony of residents caught nearby.
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