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Title
Mazed and Confused
Description
Upon landing under heavy fire at the west end of Omaha Beach at 0630 hours, a boat team of Rangers of C Company, 2nd Battalion scaled cliffs to become the first US soldiers on the high ground. Assigned a mission …
Publisher
Date
1944-06-06
Scenario#
49
Scenario Description
Upon landing under heavy fire at the west end of Omaha Beach at 0630 hours, a boat team of Rangers of C Company, 2nd Battalion scaled cliffs to become the first US soldiers on the high ground. Assigned a mission to the west, Captain Ralph Goranson instead turned east to attack the German strong point delivering deadly fire onto the beach, a decision that ultimately saved hundreds of lives. Joined by a stray boat team from B company, 1116th lnfantry, the rangers entered into a maze of German communication trenches manned primarily by inferior troops of the 716th division. This action pulled German troops from Widerstandsnests 73 and 72 into running firefights all morning.
Location
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. "Omaha" refers to an 8-kilometer (5 mi) section of the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel, from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve River estuary. Landings here were necessary to link the British landings to the east at Gold with the American landing to the west at Utah, thus providing a continuous lodgement on the Normandy coast of the Bay of the Seine. Taking Omaha was to be the responsibility of United States Army troops, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided predominantly by the United States Navy and Coast Guard, with contributions from the British, Canadian, and Free French navies.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Omaha Beach
Combatants
German
Americans

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