60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day
Siegfried line, Battle of Bulge, Hill 400
LISTEN TO EPISODES 56 -59 BEFORE THIS ONE
The FIFTH and FINAL instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top by Morris Prince.
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.
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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Second world war
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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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