Paratroop landings were also planned for Rouen (3) and Havre and Honfleur (4). 2. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline ...

Over three million service personnel were involved and it all hinged on the success of the Normandy Landings on D-Day. If the German troops were able to prevent the initial landings, the campaign ...

Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the challenges ...

As a result the troops landing on the D Day beaches had a series of objectives ... the communications, the maps on the wall, this is a place where all the information is gathered from the battle ...