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6th June 1944 = Utah Beach - 23,250 American troops were landed. Omaha Beach - 34,250 American troops were landed. Gold Beach - 24,970 British troops were landed. Juno Beach - 21,400 Canadian troops were landed. Sword Beach - 28,845 British troops were landed.
Germans had guns and bunkers above the beach and were shooting at them as they landed.
about 140,000 men landed on Utah beach with ten thousand made it out alive
23,250 landed,=200 casualties.=
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.
On 6th June 1944 - Utah Beach - 23,250 American troops were landed. Omaha Beach - 34,250 American troops were landed. Gold Beach - 24,970 British troops were landed. Juno Beach - 21,400 Canadian troops were landed. Sword Beach - 28,845 British troops were landed. This does not include the thousands of others involved in the shipping these soldiers to Normandy - not just Navy but civilians. Nor does it include the air-force
Gold and Sword. (Americans landed on Utah and Omaha, while Canada landed on Juno.)
Candaian troops
On 6th June 1944 - Utah Beach - 23,250 American troops were landed. Omaha Beach - 34,250 American troops were landed.
On 6th June 1944 - Utah Beach - 23,250 American troops were landed. Omaha Beach - 34,250 American troops were landed.
28,845 troops landed on Sword Beach . These were in the British 8th, 9th,and 185th Brigades and #48 Royal Marine Commando.
The five beaches designated for the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944 were codenamed Omaha Beach and Utah Beach (assigned to the United States), Gold Beach and Sword Beach (assigned to Britain), and Juno Beach (assigned to Canada).