Pointe du Hoc

Pointe du Hoc is the location of a famous battle on D-Day at the end of World War II.
This forbidding spur of land, which was considered by the Germans to be…

The task fell to three companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel James E. Rudder led the 225-man Ranger force. Their mission was to land on the…

16 Upon reaching the top they found only empty gun emplacements among the craters of the pre-invasion bombardments. The force then gradually advanced inland where...

Upon reaching the top they found only empty gun emplacements among the craters of the pre-invasion bombardments. The force then gradually advanced inland where…

48 Due to navigational difficulties the assault had commenced forty minutes late and the follow-on force, assuming the attack had failed, landed to the east at...

Due to navigational difficulties the assault had commenced forty minutes late and the follow-on force, assuming the attack had failed, landed to the east at…

50 This 30-acre battleﬁeld, turned over to the American government on 11 January 1979 for care and maintenance in perpetuity, is maintained by the American Battle...

This 30-acre battleﬁeld, turned over to the American government on 11 January 1979 for care and maintenance in perpetuity, is maintained by the American Battle…