Next we headed to Point-du-Hoc where Rangers climbed the 100 meter high cliffs to attain a stronghold for allied troops. With perpendicular sides jutting out into the Channel, it looks down on Utah Beach to the left and Omaha Beach to the right.
The Allied bombardment of Pointe-du-Hoc had begun weeks before D-Day. Heavy bombers from the U.S. Eighth Air Force and British Bomber Command had repeatedly plastered the area, with a climax coming before dawn on June 6. The many craters left by the exploding bombs, some 20 feet deep, still dot the landscape and can be seen today. It presents a strange landscape that is essentially unchanged for 70 years.
The Allied bombardment of Pointe-du-Hoc had begun weeks before D-Day. Heavy bombers from the U.S. Eighth Air Force and British Bomber Command had repeatedly plastered the area, with a climax coming before dawn on June 6. The many craters left by the exploding bombs, some 20 feet deep, still dot the landscape and can be seen today. It presents a strange landscape that is essentially unchanged for 70 years.
After walking around the craters, we decided to head back to Roy’s house. It had been a long day but the historical sites we saw will forever will remain in my mind.
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