Normandy and the D-Day Beaches 20 Thursday Nov 2014 Original size at 768 × 576 ≈ Leave a comment We visited Point du Hoc on the English Channel in Normandy. On D-Day, Army Rangers had to scale these cliffs under fire. Their mission was to take out a German gun battery. Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestRedditTumblrEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...