View over Cherbourg Harbor This is a view from the top of a hill overlooking the city and harbor of Cherbourg after its ...

View over Cherbourg Harbor This is a view from the top of a hill overlooking the city and harbor of Cherbourg after its capture by U.S. forces June 27,1944. Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, commander of U.S. ground forces in France, said at the fall of Cherbourg: "It is a pleasure to be able to say to the people of France, 'Here is your first large city to be returned to you"