HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Gold
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Juno
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Omaha
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Tulsa
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. On the morning of June 6, 1944, two U.S. infantry divisions, the 1st and the 29th, landed at Omaha Beach, the second to the west of the five landing beaches of D-Day. It was the bloodiest fighting of the morning.
Detailed explanation-2: -American sector : Omaha Beach Nicknamed « Bloody Omaha », the 6 km beach between Colleville-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer was one of the most difficult places for the Allies. The American battalion almost failed : the amphibious tanks were launched too early, the first wave of assault was mowed down.
Detailed explanation-3: -Airborne and Beach Assault. The Normandy beaches were chosen by planners because they lay within range of air cover, and were less heavily defended than the obvious objective of the Pas de Calais, the shortest distance between Great Britain and the Continent.