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1944 Pointe du Hoc 1944-06-06 · Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France · Small-unit actions
Terrain map Your role You command the Ranger assault force: Companies D, E and F of the 2d Ranger Battalion and headquarters, about 225 men, with a naval fire-control party. You must climb the cliffs, neutralise the coastal battery on the Point and cut the coastal highway to the south.
Higher commander's intent Neutralise the 155-mm battery that threatens the landing beaches at H Hour, then cut the coastal highway against reinforcement. Hold the Point until Force C and the relief arrive.
Situation Enemy: six 155-mm guns (four open, two casemated) with an OP on the Point and an AA position to the west; cliffs of 85–100 ft; coastal infantry inland (strength approximate). Friendly: the 116th Infantry lands at the west end of Omaha; Force C (A and B of the 2d, the 5th Ranger Battalion) waits at sea.
Mission At H Hour (0630) on 6 June the assault force climbs the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, neutralises the battery, and blocks the coastal highway about 1,000 yards south.
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Sources Small Unit Actions: Pointe du Hoe, 2d Ranger Battalion, 6 June 1944 (American Forces in Action, CMH Pub 100-14) — Historical Division, War Department (1946); HyperWar transcription (PD_US_GOV)Omaha Beachhead, 6 June–13 June 1944 (American Forces in Action, CMH Pub 100-11), D+1 and D+2 — Historical Division, War Department (1945); HyperWar transcription (PD_US_GOV)Omaha Beachhead: D-Day, the 5th Rangers platoon that reached the Point — Historical Division, War Department (1945); HyperWar transcription (PD_US_GOV)Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument (visitor brochure) — American Battle Monuments Commission (PD_US_GOV)
