Pointe du Hoc

Battle of Pointe du Hoc
Part of Normandy Landings
Map of Pointe du Hoc, showing German installations and what was believed to be the locations of the 155mm guns.
Date June 6, 1944 Location Normandy, France Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States	Nazi Germany
Commanders and leaders
James Earl Rudder	Gerd von Rundstedt
Units involved
Army Rangers 2nd Ranger Battalion 5th Ranger Battalion	352nd Division 914th Grenadier Regiment
Strength
225 infantry 2 battleships	200 infantry 4 machine gun emplacements 6 empty casemates 1 observation bunker
Casualties and losses
135 killed/wounded	Landing: unknown Counter-attacks: 50 Germans killed and 40 captured. Unknown number of French collaborators executed.
Location within France

Army Rangers

352nd Division

Pointe du Hoc (French pronunciation: ​[pwɛ̃t dy ɔk]) is a promontory with a 100 ft (30 m) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the coast of Normandy in northern France. During World War II it was the highest point between Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east. The German army fortified the area with concrete casemates and gun pits. On D-Day (6 June 1944) the United States Army Ranger Assault Group assaulted and captured Pointe du Hoc after scaling the cliffs.