Omaha Beach Normandy France
A Visit To Utah & Omaha Beaches And The Pointe Du Hoc
| In November last year (2007) and in 2008, I visited Normandy with the express intention of visiting the D-day Landing Beaches and the surrounding battlefield areas. My old mate Bill and me decided to revisit the area in September (2009) specifically to have a more detailed look at 3 main areas, Omaha and Utah Beaches and The Pointe du Hoc. For those of you who have not been, there is plenty to see and do with museums, war cemetaries and other WWII memorial sites abounding. The landing beaches extend from Quineville near the Eastern tip of the Cherbourg Peninsular (Utah Beach), eastwards to Ouistreham (Sword Beach), covering a considerable distance. A car is certainly helpful although there are many battlefield tours on offer where visitors are bussed between destinations. The following is a pictoral record of these our latest visits which I hope you will find interesting. Click the links against each section for more detaqiled information about these battlefields. |
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| Utah Beach Normandy France |
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| The Pointe Du Hoc Normandy France |
Useful Link: Omaha Beach
Useful Link: Utah Beach
Useful Link: Pointe Du Hoc
| Ponte Du Hoc still looks much the same as it must have been after the massive bombing prior to the assault. Huge bomb craters and shattered bunkers abound. The cliffs are daunting and the assault by the Rangers must have been extremely difficult. To finding the expected guns no longer in situ must have been a bitter blow. |
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