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Omaha Beach at the end of the morning, US units which have survived to the hell of the beach began to reach the plateau. Companies of 116th Infantry Rgt, 115th Infantry Rgt, 2nd and 5th Rangers and tanks of 743rd …

1944-06-06

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Omaha Beach at the end of the morning, US units which have survived to the hell of the beach began to reach the plateau. Companies of 116th Infantry Rgt, 115th Infantry Rgt, 2nd and 5th Rangers and tanks of 743rd and 741st Tank battalions are mixed but went ahead on the initiative of some leaders. On the German side too, it was chaos, units which suffered of the US landing were withdrawing to the hinterland while reinforcements began to arrive from the rear. German 352.Infanterie Division tried to counter-attack toward Vierville with some combat engineer units and a company of Panzerjäger but this attempt was quickly stopped by naval support artillery. In the evening, the 352.Infanterie Division had failed to drive back US troops in the sea. On each side, soldiers were exhausted, for them the D Day was really the longest day.

Vacqueville, 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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