Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach
   Omaha Beach was the code name given to one of the U.S. locations in the Normandy landing on D-Day 6 June 1944. Situated between Sainte-Honorine-de-Pertes and Vierville-sur-Mer in northern France, the beach is five miles long and was heavily defended by German forces. The U.S. forces, many of them blown off course, suffered their heaviest casualties of the invasion, losing almost 3,000 out of the 34,000 troops who landed. The landing was ultimately successful only because of resourceful leadership on the beach and naval bombardment that gradually destroyed the enemy emplacements.

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