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- Omaha_Beach abstract "Omaha Beach, commonly known as Omaha, 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 is located on the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel, and is 5 miles (8 km) 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 in order to link up 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 and naval artillery support provided by the U.S. Navy and elements of the British Royal Navy.On D-Day, the untested 29th Infantry Division, joined by the veteran 1st Infantry Division and nine companies of U.S. Army Rangers redirected from Pointe du Hoc, were to assault the western half of the beach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. The initial assault waves, consisting of tanks, infantry, and combat engineer forces, were carefully planned to reduce the coastal defenses and allow the larger ships of the follow-up waves to land. The primary objective at Omaha was to secure a beachhead of some five miles (eight kilometres) depth, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire River, linking with the British landings at Gold to the east, and reaching the area of Isigny to the west to link up with VII Corps landing at Utah. Opposing the landings was the German 352nd Infantry Division, a large portion of whom were teenagers, though they were supplemented by veterans who had fought on the Eastern Front. The 352nd had never had any battalion or regimental training. Of the 12,020 men of the division, only 6,800 were experienced combat troops, detailed to defend a 53-kilometre-long (33-mile) front. The Germans were largely deployed in strongpoints along the coast—the German strategy was based on defeating any seaborne assault at the water line. Nevertheless, Allied calculations indicated that Omaha's defenses were three times as strong as those they had encountered during the Battle of Kwajalein, and its defenders were four times as many.Very little went as planned during the landing at Omaha. Difficulties in navigation caused the majority of landing craft to miss their targets throughout the day. The defenses were unexpectedly strong, and inflicted heavy casualties on landing US troops. Under heavy fire, the engineers struggled to clear the beach obstacles; later landings bunched up around the few channels that were cleared. Weakened by the casualties taken just in landing, the surviving assault troops could not clear the heavily defended exits off the beach. This caused further problems and consequent delays for later landings. Small penetrations were eventually achieved by groups of survivors making improvised assaults, scaling the bluffs between the most heavily defended points. By the end of the day, two small isolated footholds had been won, which were subsequently exploited against weaker defenses further inland, thus achieving the original D-Day objectives over the following days.".
- Omaha_Beach causalties "3,000".
- Omaha_Beach combatant "(Naval Support)ref|As well as naval support, men of RAF 21 Base Defense Sector (BDS), 85 Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day to provide Advanced Mobile Radar Protection for the American sector. This unit suffered 48 casualties out of a group of 180. |group=N".
- Omaha_Beach commander Clarence_R._Huebner.
- Omaha_Beach commander Dietrich_Krai%C3%9F.
- Omaha_Beach commander George_A._Taylor.
- Omaha_Beach commander Norman_Cota.
- Omaha_Beach commander Omar_Bradley.
- Omaha_Beach date "1944-06-06".
- Omaha_Beach isPartOfMilitaryConflict Normandy_landings.
- Omaha_Beach place Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
- Omaha_Beach place Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes.
- Omaha_Beach place Vierville-sur-Mer.
- Omaha_Beach result "Allied victory".
- Omaha_Beach strength "105 other ships".
- Omaha_Beach strength "12 destroyers".
- Omaha_Beach strength "18 anti-tank guns".
- Omaha_Beach strength "2 battleships".
- Omaha_Beach strength "3 cruisers".
- Omaha_Beach strength "35 pillboxes".
- Omaha_Beach strength "4 artillery pieces".
- Omaha_Beach strength "43,250 infantry".
- Omaha_Beach strength "45 rocket launcher sites".
- Omaha_Beach strength "6 mortar pits".
- Omaha_Beach strength "6 tank turrets".
- Omaha_Beach strength "7,800 infantry".
- Omaha_Beach strength "8 artillery bunkers".
- Omaha_Beach strength "85 machine gun sites".
- Omaha_Beach thumbnail Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg?width=300.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink VHP,5568.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink www.29infantrydivision.org.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink en_index.php.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink www.americandday.org.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink omaha.html.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink 100-11.htm.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink www.ixengineercommand.com.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink www.omaha-beach-memorial.org.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink www.omaha-beach.net.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageExternalLink 352US.html.
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageID "60120".
- Omaha_Beach wikiPageRevisionID "605492544".
- Omaha_Beach align "left".
- Omaha_Beach align "right".
- Omaha_Beach caption "Into the Jaws of Death: Troops from the First Division landing on Omaha – photograph by Robert F. Sargent".
- Omaha_Beach casualties "1200".
- Omaha_Beach casualties "3000".
- Omaha_Beach combatant "ref|As well as naval support, men of RAF 21 Base Defense Sector (BDS), 85 Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day to provide Advanced Mobile Radar Protection for the American sector. This unit suffered 48 casualties out of a group of 180. |group=N".
- Omaha_Beach commander "Clarence R. Huebner".
- Omaha_Beach commander "Dietrich Kraiss".
- Omaha_Beach commander "Ernst Goth".
- Omaha_Beach commander "George A. Taylor".
- Omaha_Beach commander "Norman Cota".
- Omaha_Beach commander "Omar Bradley".
- Omaha_Beach conflict "Omaha Beach".
- Omaha_Beach date "1944-06-06".
- Omaha_Beach hasPhotoCollection Omaha_Beach.
- Omaha_Beach partof Normandy_landings.
- Omaha_Beach place "Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Vierville-sur-Mer, in France".
- Omaha_Beach quote ""Are you going to lay there and get killed, or get up and do something about it?"".
- Omaha_Beach quote "I was the first one out. The seventh man was the next one to get across the beach without being hit. All the ones in-between were hit. Two were killed; three were injured. That's how lucky you had to be.".
- Omaha_Beach result "Allied victory".
- Omaha_Beach source "Captain Richard Merrill, 2nd Ranger Battalion.".
- Omaha_Beach source "Unidentified lieutenant, Easy Red.".
- Omaha_Beach strength "105".
- Omaha_Beach strength "12".
- Omaha_Beach strength "18".
- Omaha_Beach strength "2".
- Omaha_Beach strength "3".
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- Omaha_Beach strength "4".
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- Omaha_Beach strength "8".
- Omaha_Beach strength "85".
- Omaha_Beach width "20.0".
- Omaha_Beach width "35.0".
- Omaha_Beach wordnet_type synset-war-noun-1.
- Omaha_Beach subject Category:Battles_and_operations_of_World_War_II.
- Omaha_Beach subject Category:Battles_of_World_War_II_involving_Germany.
- Omaha_Beach subject Category:Battles_of_World_War_II_involving_the_United_States.
- Omaha_Beach subject Category:Military_history_of_Normandy.
- Omaha_Beach subject Category:Operation_Neptune.
- Omaha_Beach subject Category:Operation_Overlord.
- Omaha_Beach subject Category:World_War_II_operations_and_battles_of_Europe.
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- Omaha_Beach type BattlesAndOperationsOfWorldWarII.
- Omaha_Beach type BattlesOfWorldWarIIInvolvingGermany.
- Omaha_Beach type BattlesOfWorldWarIIInvolvingTheUnitedStates.
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