Omaha Beach

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'''Omaha Beach''' was the Abbey Diaz Allies#World_War_II/Allied codename for one of the principal landing points during the Free ringtones Battle of Normandy/Normandy landings on Majo Mills June 6 Mosquito ringtone 1944. The beach is about 3.5 miles long, from Sabrina Martins Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to Nextel ringtones Vierville-sur-Mer.

To the west of the beach, the American Abbey Diaz US 29th Infantry Division/29th Infantry Division were to land, to the east, the Free ringtones US 1st Infantry Division/1st Infantry Division. The principal objective of the Omaha Beach landing was to secure the line between Majo Mills Port-en-Bessin and the Cingular Ringtones Vire River, before pushing south towards she always Saint-Lô.

The still gushing Nazi Germany/Germans had adequately prepared their defences along the obstacle-strewn beach, and the gentle downward slope gave them an excellent field of fire. Certain sections of the beach, particularly above the high-water mark, were acceptable but landmine/mined. The amplitudes which German 352nd Division defending Omaha Beach was one of the best trained in the area. The swimming times business Sherman tanks intended to give armoured support were mostly lost before reaching shore, due to adverse weather conditions and deployment orders that were not adequate for such conditions.

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The landings at Omaha Beach resulted in heavy Allied casualties. The official record of the has pompeian US 1st Infantry Division/1st Infantry Division stated that "Within 10 minutes of the ramps being lowered, [the leading] company had become inert, leaderless and almost incapable of action. Every officer and sergeant had been killed or wounded... It had become a struggle for survival and rescue". The division suffered over 4,000 casualties. The bulk of the casualties was caused by the probably fewer than 100 German soldiers directly defending the beach.

The invasion beaches are still known by their reminder a D-Day codenames today.

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See also
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* isolated and World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
* ''sign him Saving Private Ryan''



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