The German 352 Division was vigorously defending the beach from many concealed and concreted gunpits.
Omaha beach juno beach Utah beach sword Beach Gold beach
LCI's (landing craft infantry)
Omaha Beach was the landing zone for the US 1st Infantry & US 29th Infantry Divisions on D-Day. British units were not assigned the mission of landing and seizing the beach there. It is always possible that British soldiers, sailors, airmen could have been assigned tasks working with the Americans (liason, fire control, beach masters, UDT, etc.) during the inital stages of the invasion. Also during the time that troops were brought on-shore after the landing area was secure, days later, it is possible that some British, Canadian, French, or other units first arrived at Omaha Beach.
Omaha
Omaha Beach
?? Question is meaningless?? Omaha Beach was a code name given to the location of one of the landing sites at Normandy. The invasion took place on 6 June 1944.
European
Omaha was attacked because there was really no other possible landing spots allong the 250mile beach of Normandy other than that of the other 5 beaches.
On Omaha Beach, one of the two American landing zones. "Omaha" is the Allied code name for that location. The US 1st Infantry Division & the US 29th Infantry Division (Maryland-Virginia National Guard) assaulted that beach on D-Day.
The Mediterranean Area was closely associated with the Invasion of Sicily.
The U.S.A takes Omaha and Utah, Britain takes Sword and Juno and Canada takes Gold beach.
the landing beaches on D Day were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and sword.......