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Operation Overlord: Omaha Beach

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Reid Cripe
Mr. Gilbert
United States History
1 April 2016 Operation Overlord: Omaha Beach Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy that the Allied forces launched on 6 June 1944. General Eisenhower 's goal was to attack the German occupied western front by attacking from the North of France. Eisenhower planned to go through taking cities on the way to help liberate France. The attack was set for Normandy beach at 6:30 a.m. There were five beaches sectioned off of the coastline of Normandy, and Omaha Beach struggled the most. Omaha 's purpose was to storm the beach capturing the city of Saint-Lo and the tying together with British infantry to jointly capture other cities helping liberate …show more content…

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I. ). Back ground A.) Operation overlord B.) Decoy preparations C.) Focus on Omaha D.) Perspective II.). Problems A.) Poor conditions B.) Nazi preparations

C.) The beach

III.) Landing/Landed

A.) Troubles B.) Position

C.) Confusion with pilots

IV.) Germany Defense

A.) Artillery/ Machine-guns

B.) Troops

C.) Weapons

D.) Perspective

V.) Casualties

A.) Ways of

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