FRANCE - World war 2 - More than 10,000 people lost their lives, Point Du Hoc, Utah & Omaha Beach
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We are in Normandy and after Utah beach we have reached Pointe Du Hoc, Omaha Beach.
Pointe du Hoc is a place in the Normandy in northern France. It has steep cliffs about 100 m
In 1944, Pointe du Hoc was part of Operation Overlord, which was the biggest sea invasion in history. During World War II, the Allied military commanders planned how to attack France, which had been captured by the German Wehrmacht.
Pointe du Hoc was the location of a series of German bunkers and machine gun posts.
It is estimated 18 tons of ammunition were in the bunker when it was blown up by the Rangers on June 7th.
Normandy American Cemetery sits on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel.
American war museum and cemetery , Located on the coast, between Arromanches and Grandcamp Maisy, this vast 70 hectare site overlooks Omaha beach. It reunites the graves of 9,387 soldiers fallen in combat.
Pointe du Hoc is a high point between two of the five D-Day landing beaches, Utah and Omaha. It is renowned for the daring assault conducted on 6 June 1944 by the 2nd U.S. Ranger Battalion in an effort to neutralise the German artillery battery there
Pointe du Hoc is a place in the Normandy in northern France. It has steep cliffs about 100 m
In 1944, Pointe du Hoc was part of Operation Overlord, which was the biggest sea invasion in history. During World War II, the Allied military commanders planned how to attack France, which had been captured by the German Wehrmacht.
Pointe du Hoc was the location of a series of German bunkers and machine gun posts.
It is estimated 18 tons of ammunition were in the bunker when it was blown up by the Rangers on June 7th.
Normandy American Cemetery sits on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel.
American war museum and cemetery , Located on the coast, between Arromanches and Grandcamp Maisy, this vast 70 hectare site overlooks Omaha beach. It reunites the graves of 9,387 soldiers fallen in combat.
Pointe du Hoc is a high point between two of the five D-Day landing beaches, Utah and Omaha. It is renowned for the daring assault conducted on 6 June 1944 by the 2nd U.S. Ranger Battalion in an effort to neutralise the German artillery battery there