How many soldiers died on Utah Beach?

On D-Day, between 200 and 300 soldiers died on Utah Beach, although no official figures for D-Day alone exist, and estimates vary. 23,250 troops were landed at Utah on D-Day.

Was Utah Beach difficult to take on D-Day?

Utah Beach was the easiest beach to take on D-Day, 6 June 1944, although there were still casualties, both on the beach itself and because of the heavily mined area behind it.

Utah Beach

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Definition

Utah Beach was the westernmost of the five beaches attacked in the D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944 and the one taken with the fewest casualties. Paratroopers were also dropped behind Utah, and despite being widely dispersed and suffering heavy casualties, they managed to secure this western flank of the invasion and liberate the first French town, Ste-Mère-Église.

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Timeline

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