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title: Breaching the Sea Wall, Utah Beach
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19035/breaching-the-sea-wall-utah-beach/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-06-03
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# Breaching the Sea Wall, Utah Beach

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## Image File

[![Breaching the Sea Wall, Utah Beach](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19035.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19035.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph showing U.S. troops (7th Corps) breaching the sea [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/) at [Utah Beach](https://www.worldhistory.org/Utah_Beach/) during the [D-Day](https://www.worldhistory.org/D-Day/) [Normandy Landings](https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/243/the-normandy-landings/) of 6 June 1944. (Imperial [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2024, June 03). Breaching the Sea Wall, Utah Beach. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19035/breaching-the-sea-wall-utah-beach/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Breaching the Sea Wall, Utah Beach." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 03, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19035/breaching-the-sea-wall-utah-beach/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Breaching the Sea Wall, Utah Beach." *World History Encyclopedia*, 03 Jun 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19035/breaching-the-sea-wall-utah-beach/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193080) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 03 June 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.