How many US troops died on Omaha Beach?

On D-Day, almost 34,000 US troops were landed at Omaha with 2,200 casualties, although no official figures exist for D-Day alone, and estimates vary.

What is so special about Omaha Beach?

Omaha Beach is special because it was the most difficult beach to capture of the five involved in the D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.

Why was Omaha Beach so difficult to take?

Omaha Beach was so difficult to take on D-Day because the German defences were high above the beach on a bluff and expertly located to cover the entire beach with a withering crossfire.

Omaha Beach

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Definition

Omaha Beach was one of two beaches attacked by the US armed forces on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Strong German defences on the bluff overlooking the beach made this area the most difficult of the Normandy landings, but by the end of the day, the beachhead was secure, albeit with more casualties than at any other D-Day beach.

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Timeline

6 Jun 1944
D-Day Normandy landings when the Allies began to push Germany from occupied Western Europe.