If you have visited the beaches , as I have a few times , then you will have been struck by just how difficult the immediate terrain was for the Americans at Omaha .
The British Canadian beaches were basically sea fronts immdiately behind the beach itself whereas Omaha , has the maching gun emplacements higher up and further back , with some awkward land inbetween !
Not a lot of cover ,whereas Gold ,Sword and Juno , they had the sea walls to cower under ,not nice either but more protection.
The DD Sherman floating tanks they had propellors at the back and a canvas shroud like a trampoline guard rail ,had to be deployed futher out to sea than intended and the choppy water swamped lots , 27 in fact , causing them to sink like stones together with their brave tankers They also drifted off course with the swell and tide . I cant recall how many made it ashore there but only 2 or 3
And of course the bombing was as accurate as bombing usually was during the war.
Brave men indeed
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