Colleville

The landings at Omaha Beach had not gone as well as General Eisenhower had intended. In fact, he considered diverting foUow-on forces to Utah Beach, but slowly the German defenses crumbled. As the fire from across the beach abated, Americans …

1944-06-06

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The landings at Omaha Beach had not gone as well as General Eisenhower had intended. In fact, he considered diverting foUow-on forces to Utah Beach, but slowly the German defenses crumbled. As the fire from across the beach abated, Americans moved inland to their day-one objectives. One such objective was the village at the head of a broad, well defended draw. The village’s name was CoUevLUe, and it would change hands several times during the bloody fighting on June 6, 1944.

Colleville, France

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.

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