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Omaha Beach  American Cemetery at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Two thousand five hundred Allies were killed during the Normandy invasion on 6 June 1944. | Beach used in the D-Day landings by the US V Corps 6 June 1944. |
| In the area of Vierville, it was strongly defended and the landing craft and swimming tanks were launched too far out at sea in choppy conditions, so that many capsized and sank. Naval gunfire support lifted too early so that troops ran into intense fire on landing and were pinned to the beach for some time. However, with brave leadership and hard fighting US troops broke out by the middle of the afternoon and the beach was secured. |
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