By Steven J. Zaloga, Howard Gerrard
Within the early hours of D-Day, 1944, a gaggle from the USA military second Rangers Battalion have been despatched on one of many mythical raids of global battle II. The venture used to be to scale the cliffs overlooking Omaha seashore and attack the German coastal artillery at Pointe-du-Hoc. It was once proposal that just a raid may perhaps make sure that the weapons may stay silent throughout the D-Day landings. yet allied intelligence was once wrong.After mountaineering the cliffs below competitive German hearth and securing the battery web site, the Rangers came across that the weapons themselves have been now not there. It used to be basically as a result of heroic activities of the Rangers concerned that the weapons have been situated in firing positions dealing with Utah seashore and destroyed earlier than they can be used. within the first of a new sequence for Osprey, this act of audacious bold is delivered to existence, entire with illustrated paintings, maps and infrequent German bills. Taking a extra serious examine the tale, Steven Zaloga analyses each aspect, from the intelligence failings to the arrogance of the Rangers' within the face of such odds.
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The codeword "Crowbar" had been received, indicating that Rudder's force A had landed at Pointe-du-Hoc, and the Rangers eagerly awaited the signal that would indicate that Rudder's forces had successfully surmounted the cliffs. Had this radio signal been received, Force C would have altered course and set out to Pointedu-Hoc to reinforce Rudder. The Rangers set up one of their SCR-284 radios in an LCA and tried to reach Rudder and the command ship Prince Charles, but failed to make contact. Cdr Dennis on Princc Charles, having failed to receive the signal and not seeing the alternate flare signals from Pointe-du-Hoc, decided to follow the plan and order the three flotillas to land on Dog Green.
2 "Tree" radio navigation set, which relied on cross bearings from transmitters in Britain and offered an accuracy of about 50 yards. The motor launch also had a Type 970 radar, but this was not helpful in providing directions against a shoreline that was featureless on a radar scope. As dawn slowly arose, the coastline became evident, but the heavy bombardment and smoke made it difficult to locate landmarks with any precision. H. 2 had failed due to a faulty power supply. Beever had expected that Pointe-du-Hoc would be obvious due to the firing cannon, but he had a hard time distinguishing the Pointe-du-Hoc promontory from Pointe-et-Raz-de-laPercee, which look very similar at sea-level.
One soldier from the Werfer-Regiment 84 machine-gun section later recalled that he never saw a single American soldier on top of the Pointe-du-Hoc that entire morning, even though teams from Co F passed by within only a few dozen yards of his trench. The Ranger advance on the German gun pits provides a text-book example of why the Rangers were chosen for this assignment and not ordinary infantry. Without centralized direction, the individual Ranger teams headed off on their assignments as soon as they had climbed the cliff.