Posted on 06/07/2019 12:46:19 AM PDT by blondiegoodbadugly
I know it's late, but I found this video re-enactment of the Pointe Du Hoc.
I found it on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News youtube.
As I understand, the ascent was screwed up because of one thing. When calculating how high the hooks would fly they only tested it with dry ropes. In reality the ropes were wet and weighed far more and most of the charges used to launch them were undersized.
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