Pointe du Hoc

La pointe du Hoc is the name given to a small outcrop of the Normandy coast, located a few kilometers from Bayeux.

It is composed of a cliff of 25 to 30 meters high preceded by a needle which advances in the sea and overhangs a pebble beach of about ten
meters wide at its feet.

It was the scene of one of the operations of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. Located between the beaches of Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, the point had been fortified by the Germans and, according to Allied aerial reconnaissance, was equipped with heavy artillery pieces whose range threatened the two neighboring beaches.