A US 2nd Rangers' memoir of D-Day, Normandy and beyond
LISTEN TO EPISODES 56 AND 57 BEFORE THIS ONE
The THIRD instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top
Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of the entire period from leaving America for England and onto Germany.
Some place names mentioned. Also see one map below plus a Google Maps link.
Vierville-sur-Mer (Near Omaha Beach)
Columbieres
Isigny
Valognes
Beaumont-Hague
St. Jean De Daye
Mortain
Mayenne
Cherbourg
Kerlogué
Le Conquet
Trebabu
St Lo
Le Folgoet
Ploumouger,
Lochrist Battery
Cretin Peninsula (Le Fret)
Landernau
Brest
Crozon peninsula
Landernau
Lesneven
Arlon, Belgium
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More maps below
More great unpublished history!
Second world war
Interested in Bill Cheall's book? Link here for more information.
Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, hardback, paperback and Kindle etc.
Map of area
Conquet, Brest, Le Fret WW2 France
North Western Europe 1944 WWII illustrating the divisions between France and Germany
England:
Bude
Titchfield
Folkestone (Beachburrow-House)
Braunton Camp
Swanage
Dorchester
France:
Vierville-sur-Mer
Columbieres
Isigny
Valognes
Beaumont-Hague
St. Jean De Daye
Mortain
Mayenne
Cherbourg
Kerlogué
Le Conquet
Trebabu
St Lo
Le Folgoet
Ploumouger,
Lochrist Battery
Argol
Crozon Peninsula (Le Fret)
Brest
Landernau
Lesneven
Belgium:
Arlon, Belgium
Luxembourg:
Esch, Luxembourg
Belgium:
Raeran, Belgium
Germany:
The Seigfried Line
Germeter (Hells Corner—Hurtgen Forest)
Bergstein (Hill 400)
Simmerath
Roetgen
Sohmidthof
Crossing of the Roer
Wollseifen
Kalterherberg
Dedenborn
Maychoss
If you're going to binge, best start at No 1, Dunkirk, the most popular episode of all. Welcome! Paul.
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