(4/6) Timewatch Omaha Beach World War II

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At six miles wide, Omaha was the largest of the landing areas, with the toughest defense. The water and beach were littered with mines and the entire beach being overlooked by 30-metre cliffs. The experienced 352nd German Infantry Division had the beach covered.
The 1st Infantry assault experienced the worst ordeal of the D-Day operation. All but two out of 29 amphibious tanks sank and almost all the senior officers were killed or wounded as they set foot on the beach. Despite a 50% casualty rate, the survivors regrouped and pressed on.
Aided by heavy naval bombardment, the infantry crossed the beach and began scaling the cliffs. Paratroops closed in on the German defense from behind, enabling the beach exits to be secured by midday.
The Americans suffered 2,400 casualties at Omaha on June 6th, but 34,000 Allied troops had landed by nightfall.

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[chicago85bearz]

lol. this black guy is kind of weird.. most of the killing happens on the beach.. ya. . . is he there just to fill time?

[2bn442RCT]

I thought so too

[sidDkid87]

@chicago85bearz Ugh - I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this dude was overstating the obvious.

[TheTheoldgit]

@Namdor2012 They did watch the film "A Bridge Too Far" .

[annabatarowicz]

@Namdor2012 m

[annabatarowicz]

@Namdor2012 eh? they did do thjat there wa THat famous case were one of them got stuck up a church roof and was takin prisoner by the germans

[annabatarowicz]

@Namdor2012 eehh! they did do that. there is that famous case of the guy whos parachute got impaled on a church when they parachuted in . the gerans took him prisoner

[Namdor2012]

Should have parachuted a few hundred elite a few miles inland just before dawn to attack from the rear an hour before they started the beach landing...

Artillery they were always going to peprepared for..

[debzeppeliniv]

@chicago85bearz he is an IDIOT

[Foley03A4]

Amazing documentary,my Grandfather himself landed on Omaha on D-Day,interesting to see the history behind it all

[BandOfBrothers25]

3:56 - 4:10 my heart sank. A country as small as Germany was so strong and so brave as well as the American soldiers storming that beach. The Germans were just doing their duty as the Americans.

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

@cristop5 wind plays a factor/altitude/drop point... WW2 was not the era of precision bombing unless you were a dive bomber :)