Pointe Du Hoc is a headland that overlooks the English Channel and is the highest point between Utah and Omaha beaches, the germans fortified it and put in place large guns which, if left alone would of inflicted heavy casualties on both Utah and Omaha beaches. Thankfully due to bombing raids the majority of the large guns had been removed from their original positions, but to prevent it from being used by the Germans, and to make sure the guns were destroyed three companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion attacked the Pointe. Landing at the bottom of the cliffs and scaling them using rope ladders the Rangers engaged the Germans holding the point and found and destroyed the six guns that remained at the Pointe They then held the point against German counter-attacks for two days before reinforcements from Omaha beach arrived. (Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PointeduHoc)

Pegasus bridge, is a bridge that crosses the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham, in Normandy, France. On the night of the 5th June 1944 181 men of the British 6th Airborne Division took off in 6 Horsa Gliders to capture Pegasus Bridge (or as it was known then, Benouville Bridge) and Horsa Bridge (then known as Ranville Bridge), to prevent German Armour from crossing the bridges and hitting the eastern flank of the landings on Sword Beach. Five of the Gliders landed near Pegasus Bridge just after midnight, completely surprising the Germans defending the bridge and they took it in 10 minutes, only losing two men (one of whom drowned when his glider landed in a nearby pond, the other was shot down crossing the bridge, becoming the first allied soldier to die on D-Day) before holding on to the bridge until reinforcements arrived, first paratroopers who arrived a few hours after the landings and then the landing force itself. The sixth glider landed 7 miles off but they snuck through enemy lines and joined up with British forces later. (Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Bridge)

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