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• D-Day Omaha Beach

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What does D-day stand for?

• In English military parlance, D-Day is a term
  often used to denote the day on which a combat
  attack or operation is to be initiated. While the
  initial D in D-day does not stand for anything,
  it often represents a variable, designating the
  day upon which some significant event will or has
  occurred.

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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.

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Adolf Hitler

• Leader of the Axis power.
• Led Germans through World War One. And World War
  two.

At  the beginning of World War 2, Germany invaded
Poland, causing France, Great Britain and Canada
to declare war on Germany. By the spring of 1940,
the German army was ready to invade France,
defended by not only the French military, but
also a sizable British force as well. Within six
weeks, the Germans defeated the Allies and seized
control of France. By 1944, the Germans knew that
the Allies, which now also included the United
States, among others, would attempt an invasion
of France to liberate Europe from Germany. 
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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).

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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.

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Erwin Rommel

• Hitlers leader of the Normandy Invasion.
• Disliked how Hitler was running his war
• He wanted to assassinate Hitler but got into a
  car accident during the invasion.

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Getting Ready

• In preparation for the invasion, artillery
  equipment is loaded aboard LCTS at Brixham,
  England on June 1, 1944, five days beforethe
  assault.

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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.

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• A U. S. boat team heads toward Omaha Beach in
  their LCVP just before H-Hour, 630 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          

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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.

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

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Storming Omaha beach
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Omaha Beach

• Omaha code name for the second beach from the
  right of the five landing areas in Normandy.
• 6 miles long, was the largest assault area.

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Omaha Beach

• German machine guns would clear out a pack of
  American troops.
• American soldiers would retaliate after ever
  reloading of the machine gun.

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Day Of Defeat (DoD) http//www.youtube.com/watch?v
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German Bunker
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Facts about Omaha Beach

• 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.

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Facts About Omaha Beach

• Museums and cemeteries, scattered from Cherbourg
  to Caen, commemorate the historical episode. At
  Omaha Beach, next to Colleville-sur-Mer and just
  east of the Pointe du Hoc, almost 10,000 American
  graves stretch over an achingly beautiful 200
  acre coastal reserve. The grounds of this
  American Cemetery, which officially belong to the
  United States, contain a simple marble chapel and
  an impressive Memorial, both dedicated to the
  glory of the buried victors' spirits.
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Sculptors on Omaha Beach and -Today
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The Big Red One
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• A memorial to the U.S. landing at Omaha Beach.

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• Eric Weider (left) with his father Ben Weider
  (right) and Viscount David Montgomery. He is the
  only son of famous British General Bernard L.
  Montgomery often called, "Monty

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Robert Rice is a Omaha Beach,D-Day, World War II
Veteran.
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Patricia is WWII Veteran.  She served as a nurse
in General Patton's 3rd Army MobileField
Hospital.
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• Boyd Loyd Lewis, 18 years old.  Both young
  Marines landed on Iwo Jima, February, 19, 1945. 
  Boyd was killed in action on Iwo Jima.. 
                 Loyd was critically injured after
  throwing himself on a hand grenade to save his
  Marine buddies.  Loyd lives today in Logan, Utah.

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• Chuck Lindberg and Larry Cappetto.Chuck is a
  World War II Veteranof Iwo Jima.  He is the only
  livingveteran who raised the first flagon Iwo
  Jima, Feb. 23, 1945.