The Battle of La Haye-du-Puits was fought between the armies of the United States and Germany as part of the Normandy Campaign of World War II. Following...

La Haye-du-Puits (French pronunciation: [la ɛ dy pɥi]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January...

block the western corridor at La Haye-du-Puits in a second lift. The exposed and perilous nature of the La Haye de Puits mission was assigned to the veteran...

established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of La Haye-du-Puits (the seat), Baudreville, Bolleville, Glatigny, Mobecq, Montgardon,...

kilometres (3 mi) southwest of Utah Beach and north of the village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Earlier in the morning, several other units had stumbled onto the position...

1990–1996: Alfred Herzig 1984–1990: Leonhard Kohl 1978–1984: Fritz Meyer La Haye-du-Puits (Normandy, France) – since 1988 Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister...

La Pointe du Hoc (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t dy ɔk]) is a promontory with a 35-metre (110 ft) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the northwestern...

but they landed 21,000 troops at the cost of only 197 casualties. Pointe du Hoc, a prominent headland situated between Utah and Omaha, was assigned to...

Although pressure was to be kept up along the Cotentin Peninsula towards La Haye-du-Puits and Valognes, the capture of Cherbourg was not the priority. With the...

positions at Pointe de la Percée. The remaining companies of 2nd Rangers and the 5th Ranger Battalion were to follow up at Pointe du Hoc if that action proved...

was legitimized. Richard succeeded to the lordship of La Haye-du-Puits, France (merged into La Haye, Manche in 2016) and acquired the castle upon the death...

Mulberry Pluto Ground campaign American Sector Brécourt Manor Graignes La Haye-du-Puits Saint-Lô Carentan Hill 30 Cherbourg Naval Anglo-Canadian Sector Caen...

La Montjoie héroïque; l'ermitage Saint-Michel au cours des siècles; la défense de la cote 314 pendants les combats d'août 1944. French, Imprimerie du...

used by Napoleon Bonaparte at the same location. The highway from Saint Côme-du-Mont crossed the floodplain via a narrow 1 mile (2 km) long causeway having...

through US lines to link up with the remnants of the LXXXIV Corps near La Haye-du-Puits. The Division however, which was already understrength when Bacherer...

Mulberry Pluto Ground campaign American Sector Brécourt Manor Graignes La Haye-du-Puits Saint-Lô Carentan Hill 30 Cherbourg Naval Anglo-Canadian Sector Caen...

the lock on the River Douve at La Barquette, but did not capture the assigned nearby bridges on the first day. At Pointe du Hoc, the task for the two hundred...

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directly behind La Grande Dune, eventually became the main exit road off the beach. Securing this causeway required the capture of Ste. Marie du Mont, about...

Mulberry Pluto Ground campaign American Sector Brécourt Manor Graignes La Haye-du-Puits Saint-Lô Carentan Hill 30 Cherbourg Naval Anglo-Canadian Sector Caen...

attacking Gold and Sword. Juno, a 6 mi (9.7 km) stretch of shoreline between La Rivière to the west and Saint-Aubin to the east, was assigned to the 3rd Canadian...

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were located on the approaches to Saint-Malo, including Fort la Varde at the Pointe de la Varde (fr) on the coast, the St. Ideuc strongpoint to the east...

had seen the amphibious DUKWs that were to take the Rangers to below Pointe du Hoc. Merely knowing that exercises were taking place at Slapton was of interest...

Trinity in Lessay was founded in 1056 by Turstin Haldup [fr], Baron of La Haye-du-Puits, and his wife Emma, who deeded all their holdings in the Sainte-Opportune...

to Lion-sur-Mer), 'Queen' (from Lion-sur-Mer to La Brèche d'Hermanville), and finally 'Roger' (from La Brèche d'Hermanville to Ouistreham). Each sector...

Hoping to mislead the Germans about the objective, on reaching the vicinity of la Mulotiere, north of Livry, Hinde ordered a halt for the night. The 8th King's...

opposite Brévands, destroy the highway bridges over the Douve at Sainte-Come-du-Mont, and secure the Douve River valley. In the process units would also disrupt...

Mulberry Pluto Ground campaign American Sector Brécourt Manor Graignes La Haye-du-Puits Saint-Lô Carentan Hill 30 Cherbourg Naval Anglo-Canadian Sector Caen...

control on the night of June 17, 1940. During the occupation, the statue of la Laitière normande (the Norman milkmaid), created by Arthur Le Duc was dismantled...