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... Difficulties in assembling landing craft forced a postponement until June. ... As the day approached, and troops began to get ready for the crossing, bad weather set in, threatening dangerous landing conditions. ... " A fleet of 3,000 landing craft, 2,500 other ships, and 500 naval vessels, which included escorts and bombardment ships, began to leave English ports within hours of Eisenhower’s announcement. Then that night, 822 aircrafts, carrying parachutists or towing gliders, made their way overhead to the Normandy landing zones. ... The landing on Omaha beach, the German response to it, and the American response to it can never be and never will be portrayed accurately.
The first of the beaches to be landed on was Omaha Beach, which was the most restricted and heavily defended of the beaches. ... There were five exits from the sand and shingle beach; the best was a paved road in a ravine leading to the village of Vierville-sur-Mer, two were only dirt paths, and two were dirt roads leading to the villages of Colleville-sur-Mer and Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. As soon as the doors lifted from the landing crafts, Omaha Beach was a slaughter; some didn’t even have a chance. ... Every inch of the beach was pre-sited. ...
The Germans had Omaha Beach well guarded. ... Their weapons were fixed to cover the beach with snipers as well as firing from the cliffs.
Approximate Word count = 1162
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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