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79 documents for “Le Ruquet”.
The landings · The crossing and the landings
This overview follows the headquarters, artillery and engineer units intended to land after the first infantry waves, as fire, current and submerged obstacles disrupted arrivals.
Read the document →Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
Images of Saint-Laurent after the first day's fighting document the beach exit, antitank wall, damaged buildings and continuing clearance of the area.
Read the document →Places · Saint-Laurent and Le Ruquet
Plans and photographs document Saint-Laurent's emergency airfield, its construction by aviation engineers and its use for evacuating wounded people from June 1944.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Fernand Olard recalls D-Day as a five-year-old child in a large family living on Rue Pavée in Vierville, with preparations to shelter from bombing.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
A diagram compares the men and landing craft that reached Vierville with the planned programme, recording diversions, delays and substantial material losses.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
The establishment of the 29th Division's forward command post in Vierville quarry on 6 June is documented through photographs and an account of its setting.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
Photographs and movement maps document Vierville on the morning of 7 June, with access from the beach, wrecked landing craft and the aftermath of the assault.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Maps and aerial views
Coastal profiles and descriptive texts show how the Omaha Beach shoreline, exits, bluffs and buildings were represented for the forces approaching from sea.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
The 5th Ranger Battalion’s inland movements are followed from Dog White through an attempted route around Vierville and a later passage westwards through the village.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
An account of Vierville at the end of 6 June 1944, covering the limited advance, wounded soldiers, disrupted communications and losses on the beach.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
Accounts and a sketch describe the infantry and Rangers in Vierville on the afternoon of 6 June, including positions near the church and cemetery.
Read the document →After D-Day · Casualties, prisoners and cemeteries
The dossier traces the first temporary cemetery at Vierville, the collection of bodies from 7 June and the sequence of cemeteries associated with Omaha Beach.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
The engineer battalions assigned to Vierville are followed as their craft became dispersed between Dog White and Le Ruquet during the morning landings.
Read the document →The landings · The crossing and the landings
Photographs and commentary examine artillery intended for Vierville, including tracked M7 howitzers, anti-aircraft weapons, short 105 mm guns and anti-tank guns.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
A synthesis follows the routes up the cliffs, the entry into Vierville and the reduction of German coastal positions during the morning of 6 June.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
Naval support during the fighting for Vierville is examined through the participating ships, close-support craft and the practical difficulty of identifying targets ashore.
Read the document →The landings · The advance inland
Photographs and commentary examine engineer activity on Vierville beach during the morning and early afternoon, alongside vehicles, wrecks and troops still at the shoreline.
Read the document →The landings · The afternoon and evening of 6 June
A dossier on engineers at Vierville links the work on the beach with photographs of wrecks and casualties, many of which are probably dated 7 June.
Read the document →After D-Day · 7 June and reinforcements
The dossier follows fighting and clearance operations around Vierville, Saint-Laurent and the cliffs on 7 June, with movements, positions and prisoners.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay records events at Vierville bus station on 7 June, drawing on the Coliboeuf family's memories of searches, shelter and identity checks.
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