Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach
Part of the Normandy landings
Into the Jaws of Death: Troops from the U.S. 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach – photograph by Robert F. Sargent
Date 6 June 1944 Location Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Vierville-sur-Mer, in France Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Free France	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Omar N. Bradley Norman Cota Clarence R. Huebner George A. Taylor	Dietrich Kraiß Ernst Goth
Units involved
V Corps 1st Infantry Division 29th Infantry Division U.S. Army Rangers US Navy US Coast Guard Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Free French Navy	LXXXIV Corps 352nd Infantry Division 439th Ost-Battalion
Strength
43,250 infantry 2 battleships 3 cruisers 13 destroyers 1,010 other vessels	7,800 infantry 8 artillery bunkers 35 pillboxes 4 artillery pieces 6 mortar pits 18 anti-tank guns 45 rocket launcher sites 85 machine gun sites 6 tank turrets
Casualties and losses
2,000 – 4,700	1,200

US Navy
US Coast Guard
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy

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 6 June 1944, during World War II. 'Omaha' was on the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel, and was 8 kilometers (5 mi) long, 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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