How many U.S. troops landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day?

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D-Day: Omaha Beach — Omaha Beach U.S. infantrymen wading from their landing craft toward Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

By the end of D-Day on June 6, 1944, a total of 34,000 U.S. troops had landed at Omaha Beach.12

The assault was carried out by units of the U.S. 1st and 29th infantry divisions, who faced intense resistance from the German 352nd Infantry Division. Despite the heavy fighting and 2,400 casualties suffered by American forces throughout the day, the troops successfully established a toehold on the beach by nightfall.12