Two the Hard Way

Despite significant bombing and shelling, the batteries at Azeville and Crisbecq still posed a serious threat to the Allied landings. Supported by Sherman tanks, the 22nd Infantry Regiment began attacks on both batteries on 7 June, only to be repelled by the howitzers and AA guns in place, aided by …

1944-06-09

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Despite significant bombing and shelling, the batteries at Azeville and Crisbecq still posed a serious threat to the Allied landings. Supported by Sherman tanks, the 22nd Infantry Regiment began attacks on both batteries on 7 June, only to be repelled by the howitzers and AA guns in place, aided by men falling back from the beaches, with the two batteries mutually supporting each other. On 9 June, the Azeville mission was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, minus Company K, with the attack on Crisbecq postponed. The roughly circular fort at Azcville encompassed the east of the village, and was surrounded by wire, minefields, and Tobruk bunkers.

Azeville, France

Utah, commonly known as Utah Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), during World War II. The westernmost of the five code-named landing beaches in Normandy, Utah is on the Cotentin Peninsula, west of the mouths of the Douve and Vire rivers. Amphibious landings at Utah were undertaken by United States Army troops, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided by the United States Navy and Coast Guard as well as elements from the British, Dutch and other Allied navies.

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