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Facts

Date June 6, 1944

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Utah Beach on D-Day
Map of the planned assault on Utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944, showing landing force movements, objectives, paratroop drop zones marked with colored areas, and locations of German resistance along the coast. The map details the beach sectors Tare Green, Uncle Red, and Victor, with nearby towns and lowland areas labeled.
Infographic detailing the Utah Beach landing during the Normandy Invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944. It includes maps showing the planned and actual landing force movements, key objectives, and German resistance positions. Facts and figures highlight the time of landing, width of the beach, U.S. 4th Infantry Division and airborne troops landed, casualties, and German divisions present. Final positions by midnight D-Day are mapped, and a quote from Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. is featur
Utah Beach: casemate at Les Dunes de Varreville
Map of the initial assault at Utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944, showing landing force movements in green arrows from the beach inland, actual paratroop drop zones with colored dots, and locations of German resistance marked with red symbols. The map details the surrounding towns, lowland areas, and key sectors of the beach labeled Tare Green, Uncle Red, and Victor.
Historical map showing the final U.S. positions at midnight on D-Day, June 6, 1944, around Utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion. The map highlights areas of American control in orange, locations of German resistance with red lines, and marks key towns, lowland areas, and beach sectors labeled Tare Green, Uncle Red, and Victor along the Normandy coast.
World War II soldiers crouch behind a sandy seawall for cover while others climb over the top, advancing inland from Utah Beach under smoky, hazardous conditions.
Crowds of soldiers, vehicles, and supplies gather along the sandy shore at Utah Beach, with ships and landing craft visible offshore at low tide.
Cotentin Peninsula prior to D-Day
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France, shortly after the assault on D-Day
The successful D-Day landings at Utah Beach explained
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France
France
country, Europe
Mont-Saint-Michel
Normandy
region, France

Key People

Maxwell Taylor, 1962.
Maxwell Davenport Taylor
American military officer
Kirk, Alan G.
Alan Goodrich Kirk
United States naval officer