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This was one of the most fiercely fought landing beaches in June 1944 when the Allies invaded German-held France.

The landings here, starting at 06:30 on 6 June did not go according to plan. An initial bombardment of the defences by ships was less effective than hoped. Several landing craft sank in rough seas and many troops were landed in the wrong place. An estimated 2000 US soldiers died.

Despite the problems the troops did manage to push forward past the beach and into the fields beyond, starting the invasion.

My photo shows part of Easy Red beach and was taken from the general area that machine guns were set up by the Germans.

Today, in contrast, the area is peaceful and just a few yards behind me was the huge "Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial" which gets a million visitors every year. There are 9388 burials there.
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Author Mike McBey
Camera location49° 21′ 45.98″ N, 0° 51′ 12.14″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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