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To: Kathy in Alaska
U.S. Navy Destroyers at Normandy
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/d/destroyers-at-normandy

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First Wave Landings, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map05.jpg

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Later Assault Landings, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map06.jpg

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Vierville-St-Laurent Area to Noon, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map07.jpg

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St-Laurent-Colleville Area to Noon, June 6, 1944
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/map08.jpg

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World War II - Normandy Invasion - Utah Beach area photos
http://www.stolly.org.uk/ETO/utahbeach8thofjune1944.html

Stolly.org general collection:

World War II European Theater of Operations 1944

EXAMPLE:

Command post of the 5th and 6th ESB's Omaha Beach, on the 10th of June 1944
http://www.stolly.org.uk/ETO/commandpostofthe5thand6thesbsomahabeachonthe10thofjune1944.jpg

That is German gun position, designated WN65 First American Headquarters Omaha Beach

WN65 is a concrete casemate located in the centre of Omaha Beach in the Easy Red Sector.

The casemate housed a 50mm anti-tank gun which is still present today. After it's capture on D-Day it became the first American Headquarters on Omaha Beach.

German defenses and American plans - simplified map
http://www.historyofwar.org/Maps/omaha_plans.jpg

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39 posted on 06/05/2024 8:59:40 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

Thanks, linMcHlp, for the D-Day links. Lots of reading to be done.


52 posted on 06/05/2024 11:47:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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