Wednesday 27 August 2014

“D” Day post cards.

An American parachutist (John Steele) suspended from a spire on Saint-Mere – Eglise  church.
number 1 St mere Eglise U S
A similar post card as above
St Merwe Eglise Number 2
Normandy landing beaches “D” day Number 3 Normandy Beachead U S
The 82nd and 1012st Airborne Division drop zones.St mere Eglise Number 4
The 101st and the 82nd U S Airborne Division Drop Zones
Number 5 The battle for Normandy
The battle for Normandy.
A) The Beach-heads On June the 6th.
B) The capture of Cherbourg
C) The battle of the Odon
D) St Lo battle.
E) Break through ( Operation Cobra)
F) The southern advance
G) The Falaise  pocket battle
Number 6 Point Du Hoc
The Normandy beaches. The U S rangers had to reduce a battery of German guns on this site.
Number 7 Sword Beach
Sword Beach.
Number 8 Pegasus Bridge
The capture of Pegasus Bridge

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