World War II Sites in Normandy
Our next port of call was Caudebec-en-Caux. From there we took a bus to D-Day sites in Normandy. We first stopped at Pointe Du Hoc, lying between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. In World War II, German forces occupied Pointe du Hoc, protecting the coastline with a battery of heavy guns. On the morning of June 6, 1944, US Army Rangers scaled 90-foot cliffs to capture this heavily defended position and then held it against repeated counterattacks. Their heroic actions…