The stone bridge over the Selune River. The Brittany Campaign 1944 U.S. 4th Armoured Division's capture of the bridges at Pontaubault opens the way into Brittany. Once through Pontaubault, the U.S. forces drove on through the village of Montanel the last village in Normandy and then on to Saint Ouen La Rouerie, the first village in Brittany to be liberated. The original OVERLORD plan focused on the capture of the Breton ports [...]
Lee Miller, model and photojournalist. In 1942,the former model Lee Miller, of Ploughkeepsie, New York, (Lady Penrose, upon marriage to Anthony Penrose in 1947) became the only woman in that year to receive US forces accreditation as a war correspondent. She arrived at the Normandy front in mid-June 1944, equipped with just a portable typewriter and a rudimentary camera. She published a report in the August 1944 edition of British Vogue magazine entitled “Unarmed Warriors” [...]
6th Airborne Division: How effective was its contribution to the success of the D-Day landings in Normandy 1944? Malcolm A. Clough D-Day Tours of Normandy A dissertation, posted in seven parts (plus appendices) Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Development of British Airborne Forces Part 3: The Arms and Equipment of British Airborne Forces Part 4: The Importance of Fire Support provided to 6th Airborne Part 5: Planning and preparation for D-Day [...]
6th Airborne Division: How effective was its contribution to the success of the D-Day landings in Normandy 1944? Malcolm A. Clough D-Day Tours of Normandy A dissertation, posted in seven parts (plus appendices) Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Development of British Airborne Forces Part 3: The Arms and Equipment of British Airborne Forces Part 4: The Importance of Fire Support provided to 6th Airborne Part 5: Planning and preparation for D-Day [...]
6th Airborne Division: How effective was its contribution to the success of the D-Day landings in Normandy 1944? Malcolm A. Clough D-Day Tours of Normandy A dissertation, posted in seven parts (plus appendices) Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Development of British Airborne Forces Part 3: The Arms and Equipment of British Airborne Forces Part 4: The Importance of Fire Support provided to 6th Airborne Part 5: Planning and preparation for D-Day [...]
6th Airborne Division: How effective was its contribution to the success of the D-Day landings in Normandy 1944? Malcolm A. Clough D-Day Tours of Normandy A dissertation, posted in seven parts (plus appendices) Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Development of British Airborne Forces Part 3: The Arms and Equipment of British Airborne Forces Part 4: The Importance of Fire Support provided to 6th Airborne Part 5: Planning and preparation for D-Day [...]
6th Airborne Division: How effective was its contribution to the success of the D-Day landings in Normandy 1944? Malcolm A. Clough D-Day Tours of Normandy A dissertation, posted in seven parts (plus appendices) Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Development of British Airborne Forces Part 3: The Arms and Equipment of British Airborne Forces Part 4: The Importance of Fire Support provided to 6th Airborne Part 5: Planning and preparation for D-Day [...]
D-Day Beach Obstacles. Much has been written about the obstacles placed by the Germans to obstruct the landings and their role in making the D-Day landings more difficult and more perilous. The obstacles took many forms and some were more effective than others. The most famous of them all is undoubtedly the Czech Hedgehog, which was liberally deployed along the Atlantic Wall. Many of these obstacles remain around Normandy, Brittany and the Atlantic coast; [...]
Our D-Day Tours Continue All Year Round D-Day Tours of Normandy continue all through the winter months and we still pack a great deal of history, experience and enjoyment into our tours, even though the days are somewhat shorter. Make it easy on yourself. If, for example, you are in Paris and looking for a day trip, why not let us take the strain? We will take you on a private, exclusively driven tour [...]
Flooded once again, La Friere Bridge, the exit from UTAH Beach The bridge at La Friere near St. Mere Eglise photographed on 11th November 2019. Following the torrential rain of the last weeks, it looks very much as it did 75 years ago in the Summer of 1944 when the Germans had intentionally flooded the ground on either side of the bridge, creating a bottleneck for the US soldiers as they tried to get [...]
