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Battle of Pointe du Hoc: Operation Overlord

6th - Higher Ed
This video provides a detailed account of the daring mission carried out by Lieutenant Colonel James E. Rudder's Second Ranger Battalion to eliminate a fortified German coastal battery at Point Du Arc during the D-Day invasion of...
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LOW AERIAL, German bunkers, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France

Pre-K - Higher Ed
LOW AERIAL, German bunkers, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
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ZO, AERIAL, German bunkers, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France

Pre-K - Higher Ed
ZO, AERIAL, German bunkers, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
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AERIAL, ZO, German bunker on cliff top, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France

Pre-K - Higher Ed
AERIAL, ZO, German bunker on cliff top, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
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WW2 Bunkers At Pointe Du Hoc

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pointe du Hoc is a prominent cliff overlooking the English Channel on the coast of Normandy in northern France. During World War II it was the highest point between Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east. The Germans...
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American Battle Monuments Commission: Combat Narrative: Pointe Du Hoc

9th - 10th
A series of captioned videos and primary source materials, such as aerial photographs, describes and explains how the Allied invasion of Normandy at Pointe du Hoc, midway between the landing zones at the beaches of Omaha and Utah, unfolded.