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D-Day Omaha Beach

D-Day Omaha Beach. “Normandy Invasion”. Operation Overlord:. a.k.a. The Battle for Normandy.  The overall effort to establish Allied presence in Western Europe.  i.e., “Move forces to the fight” or. Operational Level of War!. “Normandy Invasion”. a.k.a. The Battle for Normandy.

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D-Day Omaha Beach

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  1. D-Day Omaha Beach

  2. “Normandy Invasion” Operation Overlord: a.k.a. The Battle for Normandy  The overall effort to establish Allied presence in Western Europe  i.e., “Move forces to the fight” or Operational Level of War!

  3. “Normandy Invasion” a.k.a. The Battle for Normandy Operation Overlord:  Overall effort to establish an Allied presence in Western Europe Actual landing operations Operation Neptune:  Establish an initial presence in France Operation Cobra: Breakout from lodgment (24 July 1944)  Considered as the end of the Normandy Campaign and beginning of the Northern France Campaign

  4. Allied Landings

  5. Beach Obstacles Encyclopedia Britannica

  6. General Eisenhower • In December 1943, it was announced that Eisenhower would be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. In these positions he was charged with planning and carrying out the Allied assault on the coast of Normandy in June 1944 under the code name Operation Overlord, the liberation of western Europe and the invasion of Germany.

  7. Eisenhower’s D-Day Message

  8. Lieutenant General Omar Bradly • Omaha Beach was part of the invasion area assigned to the U.S. 1st Army, under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley. The assault sectors at Omaha were code-named (from west to east) Charlie, Dog (consisting of Green, White, and Red sections), Fox (Green and Red sections), and Easy (Green and Red sections).

  9. Bernard Law Montgomery • Under Eisenhower, Montgomery reviewed the plan for Operation Overlord (as the Normandy Invasion was code-named "Neptune") and recommended expanding the size of the invading force and landing area. Eisenhower approved the expansion plan and Montgomery commanded all ground forces in the initial stages of the invasion, launched on June 6, 1944.

  10. Getting Ready • In preparation for the invasion, artillery equipment is loaded aboard LCTS (Landing Craft Tanks) at Brixham, England on June 1, 1944, five days beforethe assault.

  11. General Eisenhower The Supreme Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, talks with men of Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,at the 101st Airborne Division's camp at Greenham Common, England, June 5, 1944. Just a few hours after this photowas taken, these men, along with 13,000 other Allied paratroopers, were en route to Normandy.

  12. A U. S. boat team heads toward Omaha Beach in their LCVP just before 6:30 a.m., June 6, 1944. Note the M-1 riflesencased in Plio film plastic bags in the center of the photo. The bags were designed to protect the weapons from salt water and the sand          

  13. Omaha Beach • The Allied forces, based in Britain, decided to begin the invasion by landing a huge army at a place called Normandy Beach, which is located on the northwest coast of France. Code-named "Operation Overlord“, the Allies landed on June 6, 1944 at five beaches in the Normandy area with the codenames of: Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach and Sword Beach.

  14. Following sequence, troops in LCVPs, (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) reaching their objective area Omaha Beach 6 June 44

  15. German Bunker

  16. 150,000 troops stormed Normandy beaches. About 2,500 GI's died on the beaches and 2,600 paratroopers died. And 3,100 Germans died. The vast majority of D-Day deaths occurred at Omaha Beach where it is believed around 2,200 Americans died. Facts about Omaha Beach

  17. Sculptors on Omaha Beach and-Today

  18. A memorial to the U.S. landing at Omaha Beach.

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