59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day
A US 2nd Rangers' memoir of D-Day, Normandy and beyond
LISTEN TO EPISODES 56 -58 BEFORE THIS ONE
The FOURTH 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.
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
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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.
Click on maps for Google Maps - scroll further for itinerary
Map of area
Conquet, Brest, Le Fret WW2 France
North Western Europe 1944 WWII illustrating the divisions between France and Germany
Itinerary - Omaha - 2nd Rangers - Second world War
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
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