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Which villages were U.S. forces supposed to capture after landing at Omaha Beach?
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Omaha Beach
U.S. infantrymen wading from their landing craft toward Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
As part of the initial objectives for the U.S. 1st Infantry Division during the Normandy Invasion, American forces were tasked with capturing three specific villages after landing at Omaha Beach:
- Vierville-sur-Mer
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
- Colleville-sur-Mer
Following the capture of these villages, the plan was for the troops to push inland to cut the Bayeux-Isigny road and subsequently attack south toward Trévières and west toward Pointe du Hoc.1