Eight Never Done Before Normandy WWII Then & Now Photographs - 2nd Infantry Division

76 years after the battle of Normandy, we travel with Normandy Tour Guide Florent Plana around the Normandy Hedgerows to take several Then & Now comparison photographs. In this episode we will be following the US 2nd Infantry Division near one of their bloodiest battles during their time in Normandy. Since landing on Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944, the division liberated Trévières and Cerisy la Foret on June 10. It then tried to push further south to capture hill 192 on June 12. However, this proved to be a much harder task than they hoped. Hill 192 was a very strategic position because it was the highest point in this sector, offering whoever held it long-range observation for miles around. During a four-day battle fighting German paratroopers, the Division’s 23rd regiment, consisting of around 1200 to 1500 men. Captured the town of Saint-George-d’Elle in an attempt to capture Hill 192. However, German defenses in the Normandy hedgerows were too strong and the attack failed. As a result,