The Cliff Rangers of Calvados

Amazing War Stories

Amazing History Enterprises

Kids & Family, History, Education

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On June 6th 1944 a band of US Army Rangers undertook one of the second world war’s most daring missions. Ahead of the main D Day landings, under ferocious fire, they had to land on an exposed beach, scale a 100ft cliff before attacking a well armed and heavily defended German force. Against overwhelming numbers their mission was to silence the huge artillery guns that would target the invading Allied Armies that were about to land on D Day. But we can now reveal a secret about this famous operation that was classified for over 60 years This is the true story of 7 of the Rangers who took part in the mission to protect the hundreds of thousands of other troops landing on the Normandy beaches - sadly not all of them would make it through. They were the Cliff Rangers of Calvados Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/imr7Dk To find out more about this initiative visit amazingwarstories.com Have a story to tell? Email [email protected] Contributors- -Gary Sterne curator of the Maisy Battery, Normandy -Davis Smith former US Marine weaponry & tactics specialist advisor For more about this episode and all of the incredible stories we have in store this series, follow us on your favourite social media platform on- Facebook.com/Amazingwarstories Instagram @amazingwarstories Twitter @amazewarstories Episode Credits- Written & Produced by Paul Wooding Executive producer Ed Sayer Associate Producer Lois Crompton Sound design & 3D mastering by Vaudeville Sound Group [email protected] www.amazingwarstories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.9	CODieK slash Special Offer. I'm not. on the sea On the 6th of June, 1944, a band of US Army Rangers undertook one of the Second World Wars most daring missions.
1:15.0	Ahead of the main D-Day landings, under ferocious fire,
1:19.0	they had to land on an exposed beach,
1:22.0	scaled a hundred foot cliff, before attacking a well-armed
1:27.0	and heavily defended German force.
1:31.5	The enemy was dug into a maze of trenches and fortified bunkers and the
1:35.7	Rangers knew this was an operation that would result in heavy losses.
1:41.5	Against overwhelming numbers, their mission was to silence the huge artillery
1:47.2	guns that would target the invading Allied armies that were about to land on D-Day. But we can now reveal a secret
1:56.4	about this famous operation that was classified for over 60 years.
2:01.3	Colonel Rudder's mission wasn't just to take Pointe to Hock, there was another objective in his
2:06.6	battle plans which until now hasn't been told.
2:10.0	This is the true story of seven of the Rangers and took part in the mission to protect
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