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Day 113
11 Aug 2013
Oh My Lord? Ahem ..I meant Overlord.
Operation "Overlord" was the code name for the invasion of Normandy which everyone knows as D-Day which took place on June 6 1944. The landings took place on the North coast of Normandy. The well known landing beaches are north to north west of the city of Caen. The parachutists drop zones where further west and more inland.
As mentioned before it is holiday time and it is busy everywhere so places were a bit crowded. With the family we visited some friends after which it was off to Arromanches with its floating harbour . This town was on the program but had to be bypassed due to congestion. Better luck in the next few days as it is a really interesting place to visit.
The beaches all have code names which are still mentioned on any map of the area like Juno; places like Gold, Omaha and Juno beaches. At Omaha beach we parked the car, had lunch and had a look at the beach. Hard to imagine what had taken place there.
A more interesting place is Pointe Du Hoc , northwest of the city of Bayeux. Pointe Du Hoc is situated at Utah Beach; elevated at 30 meters above sea level it sticks out from the coast like a sore finger pointing in Northerly direction. It is a very strategic position. 155 mm guns with a range of 19.5 km and could blow anything out of the water. Six of the large gun where positioned inside heavily fortified concrete bunkers at Pointe Du Hoc. Prior to the D-Day landings the position of the guns where extensively bombed with several bunker being hit and totally destroyed. Today this can still be seen as the pathways around the remaining bunkers twist around the bomb craters. The bombing was not a total success; during the early hours of D-Day a further plans were carried out by three companies of Rangers who landed by sea at the foot of the cliffs, scaled them using ropes, ladders, grappled under enemy fire, and engaged the Germans at the top of the cliff. Rangers trained for the cliff assault on the Isle of Wight, under the direction of the British Commandos. The pictures tell the story.
11 Aug 2013
Oh My Lord? Ahem ..I meant Overlord.
Operation "Overlord" was the code name for the invasion of Normandy which everyone knows as D-Day which took place on June 6 1944. The landings took place on the North coast of Normandy. The well known landing beaches are north to north west of the city of Caen. The parachutists drop zones where further west and more inland.
As mentioned before it is holiday time and it is busy everywhere so places were a bit crowded. With the family we visited some friends after which it was off to Arromanches with its floating harbour . This town was on the program but had to be bypassed due to congestion. Better luck in the next few days as it is a really interesting place to visit.
The beaches all have code names which are still mentioned on any map of the area like Juno; places like Gold, Omaha and Juno beaches. At Omaha beach we parked the car, had lunch and had a look at the beach. Hard to imagine what had taken place there.
A more interesting place is Pointe Du Hoc , northwest of the city of Bayeux. Pointe Du Hoc is situated at Utah Beach; elevated at 30 meters above sea level it sticks out from the coast like a sore finger pointing in Northerly direction. It is a very strategic position. 155 mm guns with a range of 19.5 km and could blow anything out of the water. Six of the large gun where positioned inside heavily fortified concrete bunkers at Pointe Du Hoc. Prior to the D-Day landings the position of the guns where extensively bombed with several bunker being hit and totally destroyed. Today this can still be seen as the pathways around the remaining bunkers twist around the bomb craters. The bombing was not a total success; during the early hours of D-Day a further plans were carried out by three companies of Rangers who landed by sea at the foot of the cliffs, scaled them using ropes, ladders, grappled under enemy fire, and engaged the Germans at the top of the cliff. Rangers trained for the cliff assault on the Isle of Wight, under the direction of the British Commandos. The pictures tell the story.
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