Depending on what happened at the cliffs, these Rangers had to land and fight across Omaha Beach and either rescue a faltering cliff assault or support the 29th Infantry Division in clearing the ...

Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, ...

Omaha where the Germans enjoyed lots of ... Allied reconnaissance plains had identified an even greater threat on the cliffs to the west of the beach, a massive gun battery on the Ponte Boch ...