Every day, memories of world war ii—its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs—disappear Paratroopers began landing after midnight, followed by a massive naval and aerial bombardment at 6:30 a.m American forces faced severe resistance at omaha and utah. The plan for the invasion of normandy was unprecedented in scale and complexity It called for american, british, and canadian divisions to land on five beaches spanning roughly 60 miles Planners determined that the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions were needed to seize key towns and intersections at the base of the cotentin peninsula and secure the four causeways leading off of utah beach.
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