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View from German Bunker, Pointe du Hoc<br> Brittany picture - German spotters peered through this Bunker window at attacking American Rangers on June 6, 1944. Although these bunkers had been heavily bombed and shelled before the invasion began, German artillery was still firing down from Pointe du Hock onto Omaha Beach. It had to be silenced.
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German spotters peered through this Bunker window at attacking American Rangers on June 6, 1944. Although these bunkers had been heavily bombed and shelled before the invasion began, German artillery was still firing down from Pointe du Hock onto Omaha Beach. It had to be silenced.
Western Europe
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