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The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division and Canadian 2 Armoured Brigade landed there and crushed the German defenders before lunch.

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The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division and Canadian 2 Armoured Brigade landed there and crushed the German defenders before lunch.

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15th Infantry regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (US Army) and 36th Infantry Division (Texas National Guard)

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The US 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach. The US 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions landed on Omaha Beach. The British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and 8th Armoured Brigade landed on Gold Beach. The British 3rd Infantry Division and the 27th Armoured Brigade landed on Sword Beach. The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division landed on Juno Beach. The British 6th Airborne Division landed on the east flank, near the Orne River. The US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions landed on the west flank, at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula.

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The main leader of D-Day in Europe was General Eisenhower. There where a few others who helped from the British forces. Obviously the above answer is from an American. Actually General Bernard Montgomery was the Ground Forces Commander in Chief (21st Army Group). The senior U.S. Commander was Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley Commander U.S. 1st Army (composed of the 1st U.S. Infantry Division, the 4th U.S. Infantry Division, the 29th U.S. Infantry Division, the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division and the 101st U.S. Airborne Division). while Lieutenant-General Mike Dempsey Commanded the 2nd British Army (composed of the 3rd British Infantry Division, the 6th British Airborne Division, the 50th British Infantry Division and the 3rd Canadian infantry Division under Major-General R.F.L. Keller)

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The 5 beaches landed on by the allies on June 6th 1944 were codenamed :-

  • Utah - US 4th Infantry Division.
  • Omaha - US 29th Infantry Division and elements of US Army Rangers.
  • Gold - British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and British 8th Armoured Brigade
  • Juno - Canadian 3rd Infantry Division. (Part of British 1 Corps)
  • Sword - British 3rd Armoured Division, 1st Special Service Brigade, Free French Commandos, 27th Independent Armoured Brigade, 4th Special Service Brigade and elements of the 79th Armoured Division.
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