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Along with the infantry landing in the second wave, supporting arms began to arrive, meeting the same chaos and destruction as had the rifle companies. Combat engineers, tasked with clearing the exits and marking beaches, landed off-target and without their equipment. Several of the British Officers managed to organize themselves and some of the Americans to utilize an abandoned bulldozer to break through the shingle and effect their escape. Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. p.147 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. p.54 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. pp.66–73 . Retrieved 2007-06-10.

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As the preparations for D-Day got underway the War Office’s request for civilian canine recruits to join-up proved well timed. By 1944 dogs were already distinguishing themselves in battle overseas.

First of all the dogs practised ‘jumping’ from the fuselage of a ‘plane on the ground and then, when they got the hang of that, they took to the air. Jump. Land. Eat. That was Ken’s routine and with every jump the dogs made they appeared to enjoy it more! The 3rd battalion 116th RCT forced its way across the flats and up the bluff between WN-66 (which defended the D-3 draw at Les Moulins), and WN-65 (defending the E-1 draw). They advanced in small groups, supported by the heavy weapons of M/116, who were held at the base of the bluff. Progress was slowed by mines on the slopes of the bluff, but elements of all three rifle companies, as well as a stray section of G/116, had gained the top by 09:00, causing the defenders at WN-62 to mistakenly report that both WN-65 and WN-66 had been taken. [78] [79] The Canadian drive from Juno yielded the deepest Allied penetration on D-Day; the Third Division occupied the airfield at Carpiquet west of Caen. Three phase lines were determined for the inland advance from Juno—Yew, Elm, and Oak—the latter just beyond the Caen-Bayeux highway. By midnight about 21,400 troops had landed on Juno. OMAHA BEACH It will also provide the children an understanding of wars past and present, and the difficult decisions faced by those involved.

Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. p.95 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Coastal troop deployments, comprising five companies of infantry, were concentrated mostly at 15 strongpoints called Widerstandsnester ("resistance nests"), numbered WN-60 in the east to WN-74 near Vierville in the west, located primarily around the entrances to the draws and protected by minefields and wire. [8] Positions within each strongpoint were interconnected by trenches and tunnels. As well as the basic weaponry of rifles and machine guns, more than 60 light artillery pieces were deployed at these strongpoints. The heaviest pieces were located in eight gun casemates and four open positions while the lighter guns were housed in 35 pillboxes. Obsolete VK 30.01 (H) tank turrets (from a panzer development program) armed with 75mm L/24 gun were re-used in permanent fortified bunkers. [9] A further 18 anti-tank guns completed the disposition of artillery targeting the beach. Areas between the strongpoints were lightly manned with occasional trenches, rifle pits, and 85 machine-gun emplacements. No area of the beach was left uncovered, and the disposition of weapons meant that flanking fire could be brought to bear anywhere along the beach. [10] [11] Widerstandsnest 65 defending the E-1 draw at Omaha Beach

Visiting schools is great. I like it because it means I spend three days a week encouraging reading for pleasure, especially children who might be off books. The school events that work best are the ones where the school has done some work about the author with the children in advance. I’ve written a guide to local and national activities that are going on to mark the 75 th anniversary of D-Day during the first few days of June. It is being hosted by the excellent www.thereaderteacher.com, also known as @MrEPrimary. Coming soon. McBride, Earle F.; Picard, M. Dane (September 2011). "Shrapnel in Omaha Beach sand". The Sedimentary Record. 9 (3): 4–8. doi: 10.2110/sedred.2011.3.4. Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. pp.50–51 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Despite penetrations inland, the key beach objectives had not been achieved. The draws necessary for the movement of vehicles off the beach had not been opened, and the strongpoints defending these were still putting up a spirited resistance. The failure to clear beach obstacles forced subsequent landings to concentrate on Easy Green and Easy Red. [87]This is such a special place to visit on our D Day landings tour and a fitting way to commemorate the role of animals, not only in Normandy, but throughout the Second World War Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. p.106 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Trigg, Jonathan (2019). D-Day through German Eyes: How the Wehrmacht Lost France. Stroud UK: Amberley. ISBN 978-1-4456-8931-9.

Bridge to the Past—Engineers in World War II". US Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original on August 23, 2007 . Retrieved 2007-09-11. Assault Plan". Omaha Beachhead. United States Army Center of Military History. 1994 [20 September 1945]. pp.30–33. CMH Pub 100-11 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. On Fox Green, at the eastern end of Omaha, four sections of L/16 had survived their landing intact and were now leading elements of I/16, K/16 and E/116 up the slopes. With supporting fire from the heavy weapons of M/16, tanks and destroyers, this force eliminated WN-60, which defended the draw at F-1; by 09:00, the 3rd battalion 16th RCT was moving inland. [74] [83] Naval support [ edit ] USS Frankford Historian Adrian R. Lewis postulates that American casualties would have been greatly reduced if a longer barrage had been implemented, [35] although the First Infantry Division Chief of Staff said that the Division would not have been able to move off the beach without effective naval gunfire. [36] Initial assault [ edit ] Official history map showing first assault wave landings Dog Green Dog White Dog Red Easy Green Easy Red Fox GreenThe Allied plan called for initial assault waves of tanks, infantry, and combat engineer forces to reduce the coastal defenses, allowing larger ships to land in follow-up waves. But very little went as planned. Difficulties in navigation caused most of the landing craft to miss their targets throughout the day. The defenses were unexpectedly strong, and inflicted substantial casualties on landing U.S. troops. Under intense fire, the engineers struggled to clear the beach obstacles; later landings bunched up around the few channels that were cleared. Weakened by the casualties taken just in landing, the surviving assault troops could not clear the exits off the beach. This caused further problems and consequent delays for later landings. Small penetrations were eventually achieved by groups of survivors making improvised assaults, scaling the bluffs between the most well-defended points. By the end of the day, two small isolated footholds had been won, [ disputed(for: In a review someone said this is wrong but not why?) – discuss] which were subsequently exploited against weaker defenses further inland, achieving the original D-Day objectives over the following days.