U.S. Army Rangers demonstrate how they used a ladder to take a German gun crew in Normandy in June 1944
481.Photograph. 'File Number: 45,716 Released: June 12, 1944 Ladder To Success Credited with a large share of the laurels for the initial success of the landings on the French coast on D-Day by reason of their capture of a Nazi shore battery emplaced on a cliff overlooking the sea, U. S. Army Rangers show how they accomplished their feat. A long ladder strung up the side of the cliff was their 'ladder of success', enabling them to take the gun crew by surprise, wipe them out before they could bring their guns to bear and wreck havoc on the armada.' June 1944