Pointe du Hoc

Calvados · France

Pointe du Hoc, France
Photo: Jebulon, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring to autumn
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A cliff-top promontory between Utah and Omaha beaches scaled by US Rangers on D-Day and still cratered by wartime bombardment. Preserved bunkers and a memorial mark the site of the assault.

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