The last stop of the Normandy trips was to Pointe du Hoc. Pointe du Hoc is an incredibly steep cliff; while it's only four miles away from Omaha Beach (where the previous post's pictures are from), but the terrain is vastly different. This is where invading American troops shot their ropes up the cliff face and ascended. The British troops provided support from their Naval ships by firing at the top of the cliff, which kept the German army from attacking the American troops cresting the cliff. Along the clifftop, there are still remnants of the bunkers and trenches the Germans used during the Normandy Invasion.
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