Translation and adaptation
The RAF at Omaha Beach
Excerpts from the dossier assembled by Yves Cordelle are translated and adapted into English by David Heathcote.
Sharing the collection
The documents continue their journey.
Translations, research, photographs and accounts: these 28 references show how Yves Cordelle’s work is cited, used or shared on other websites.
This directory distinguishes document reuse, Yves’s contributions and simple links to his work. A website’s inclusion does not imply approval of its content or permission to reuse the documents it presents.
Translations, creative work and research
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Documentary contribution
Omaha Beach Mémoire
The bibliography thanks Yves for documents, his account of the Occupation and his detailed knowledge of fortifications and the landings.
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Historically researched illustration
Michael Akkerman — ArtStation
Michael Akkerman credits Yves’s research for his reconstruction of the WN72 R677 casemate in the ruins of the Eden-Bellevue hotel.
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Research contribution
Museums and the Web 2018
Gunnar Liestøl of the University of Oslo thanks Yves Cordelle and Pierre Gosselin for their local contribution to an augmented-reality reconstruction of Omaha.
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Research publication
iJIM / Online-Journals, 2019
Gunnar Liestøl’s article thanks Yves on page 207. It concerns the same augmented-reality project as the 2018 Museums and the Web publication.
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Historical advice acknowledged
Breizh Info
An article relays an interview with Philippe Jarbinet about Yves’s help in depicting Vierville’s former railway in the comic series Airborne 44.
Documents cited or reproduced
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Historical citation and discussion
Omaha 6 juin 44 — Démythifier & Démystifier
An article on WN67 cites and discusses Yves’s interpretations of the German WN66 and WN67 positions.
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Research reference
Photocritic International / Nearby Café
In a photographic analysis, Patrick Peccatte refers to Yves’s website, maps and dossiers on landing preparations and tanks.
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Historical brochure
Omaha Beach tourist office — brochure on StudyLib
An Omaha Beach tourist office brochure, available on StudyLib, cites the former websites and states that material is used with Mr Cordelle’s permission.
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Photographs and bibliography
Guerra Total
This Spanish-language article credits Omaha Beach–Vierville for several photographs and captions, and lists the website in its bibliography.
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Photographic source
NavSource Naval History
The USS LCI(L)-416 entry credits the former Omaha Beach–Vierville website as the source of a photograph of the wreck.
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Photographic sources
Waralbum
This Russian photographic database cites the former website for a photograph of General Ralph Royce at Omaha and, in another entry, for the unloading of LST-138.
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Photographic credit
Mémoire & Database
The biographical entry for Julius F. Abernethy lists the former website among its photographic sources.
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Links in captions
La Petite Musette
Captions accompanying photographs of the storm’s aftermath link to Yves’s dossiers, including through PhotosNormandie. The images are credited there to NARA.
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Text quotations
Tourisme Aidewindows
The Vierville-sur-Mer page quotes texts attributed to omaha-vierville.com about local buildings and the destruction of 1944.
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Sourced list of names
Les Français Libres
A contribution by Laurent Laloup reproduces a list of participants in the Ascain mission and gives the former dossier’s address as its source.
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Documentary links
PhotosNormandie on Flickr
Several captions in this photographic documentation project link to Yves’s dossiers, particularly on WN72 and the installations at Vierville.
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References in image records
Wikimedia Commons
Photographic records, including the temporary cemetery at Vierville, link to the collection’s dossiers. Some links originate in PhotosNormandie captions.
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Encyclopaedic source
Wikipédia
The French-language article on Widerstandsnest 73 cites Yves’s dossiers on this position and on the assault led by Lieutenant Gambier.
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Biographical sources
Mémoire Vive de la Résistance
The Ascain-Driver mission dossier and several individual biographies cite Omaha–Vierville among their sources.
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Source for site records
Traces d’Histoire
Records describing the bunkers at WN61 list Omaha–Vierville as a documentary source.
Bibliographies and links
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Documentary reference
GRIEME
The Empire Broadsword wreck page mentions omaha-vierville.com among its references and acknowledgements.
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Link to a dossier
WN62.com
The links page on American forces points readers to Yves’s dossier on WN62.
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Historical background link
US Militaria & Collection
A commercial listing for a 5th Ranger Battalion badge links to the website’s historical dossier. The link alone does not establish that content has been reproduced.
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Bibliographic reference
Réseau Alliance Bessin
The “Sources” page cites Webvierville’s dossier on the Resistance and highlights the place of witness accounts in that documentation.
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Educational resource
Le Cartablog de M. Mancini
A school resource on the Pointe du Hoc links to the dossier on the former website.
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Presentation bibliography
Comité français d’hydrogéologie — CFH/AIH
A presentation on D-Day and Omaha Beach, prepared for a geological field trip, recommends the former website on its final slide.
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Book bibliography
Lire en ligne — book about Franz Nedelko
A book by Véronique Gautier about Franz Nedelko cites the former website on page 144 for information on the Rangers and the landings.
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