On June 6, 1944, at approximately 6:30 AM, the men of the US First Infantry Division waded through the sand of Omaha Beach, facing a relentless barrage of gunfire that would claim hundreds of lives within minutes. This pivotal moment in the D-Day invasion saw soldiers battling through chaos and carnage to breach the heavily fortified Atlantic Wall.
The Strategic Context
By early 1944, Allied planners had determined the Normandy region in France as the site for the long-awaited assault into northwest Europe.
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