Rangers hunt down missing German weapons near Omaha Beach 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)


Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 8:15 a.m. BDST at 36:25)

(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 8:15 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/2:15 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); one hour before the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — U.S. Army Rangers, having climbed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, head inland to hunt down missing German weapons near Omaha Beach.