Pointe
du Hoc (2015)
An Artillery Threat to both Omaha and Utah Beaches
An Artillery Threat to both Omaha and Utah Beaches
100 foot clifts towering over
a small rocky beach below were considered impregnable by the Germans They concentrated their defenses on an expected inland assault |
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On June 6, 1944
three companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled the cliffs using
rope ladders They suffered 70% casualies and held off 5 German counterattacks before the area was secured. |
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Looking Eastward |
Looking Westward |
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When the Rangers secured this position, they found that the big guns had been removed and hidden. They were located in a wooded area and destroyed |
This quote was on a memorial, right between the words of Churchill and Eisenhower |
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