The Battlefield

The a view of the battlefield at 0100 hrs before the para drop.

The Battlefield

Looking up the left hand side of the battlefield from La Fiere to Cauquigny.

The Battlefield

A view of the complete battlefield from La Fiere to Cauquigny.

Invasion

The Americans have dropped into the flooded area by the river Menderet.

An objective reached

The American paras reach Cauquigny. Now to take the village.

The Fightback

The Germans at La Fiere hold and pin the Americans.

The Germans continue to fight back

The Germans at La Fiere comtinue to hold up the American advance.

The Attack continues

Cauquigny has become the focus of the American attack as they try to take the village against stiff resistance.

The fighting continues

The Germans at Cauquigny continue to hold up the American advance.

La Fiere

Stiff German resistance continues to hamper the American advance.

Reinforcements

As Cauquigny at last fallls to the US, German armoured reinforcements arrive.

La Fiere

Slowly, the Americans begin to get a foothold.

Cautious advance

German armour outside Cauquigny makes a cautious advance towards the village.

La feire

The Americans make an assault on the last stronghold held by the Germans.