the names of the beaches on d day
Juno Beach Omaha Beach Utah Beach Gold Beach Sword Beach
title: Liberation Route Europe text: Britain. The route starts in London and here goes through Kent (Operation Fortitude South, Operation Pluto and Operation Dynamo) and Hampshire (where Operation Overlord was prepared). Important remembrance sites During Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious assault in history, Allied forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of Normandy coast on D-Day. This operation marked the start of the liberation of Western Europe. The route here comprises the 5 landing beaches: Sword Beach (from Ouistreham to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer), Gold Beach (between Port-en-Bessin and La Rivière), Utah Beach (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont), Omaha Beach (from Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to Vierville-sur-Mer), Juno Beach (from Courseulles to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer) title: H-hour (D-day) text: H-hour (D-day) H-hour was the name given to the airborne assault during the Normandy landings of World War II. The units involved included the U.S. 101st Airborne Division and U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, along with the British 6th Airborne Division. This took place about three hours before the main beach landings on the Normandy. The airborne invasion consisted of over 20,000 men and around 1,200 planes and gliders. The combined assault of the three Allied airborne divisions would surprise the German defenders and cause enough havoc behind the German lines, enabling the beach landings to go more smoothly. The divisions title: Utah Beach text: Utah Beach Utah, commonly known as Utah Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), during World War II. The westernmost of the five code-named landing beaches in Normandy, Utah is on the Cotentin Peninsula, west of the mouths of the Douve and Vire rivers. Amphibious landings at Utah were undertaken by United States Army troops, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided by the United States Navy and Coast Guard as well as elements from the title: National D-Day Memorial text: Garden, symbolizes the planning and preparation activities for the invasion through the execution of the order for the invasion. It is in the shape of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force combat patch. The second level, Gray Plaza, reflects the landing and fighting stages of the invasion. It includes what is called the invasion pool with beach obstacles in the water, sculptures of soldiers struggling ashore, and a representation of the Higgins craft used for the invasion. This section includes intermittent jets of water spurting from the pool replicating the sights and sounds of sporadic gunfire. The names of the title: Invasion of Normandy text: of the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the Royal Norwegian Navy. The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks and naval bombardments. In the early morning, amphibious landings commenced on five beaches codenamed Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah, with troops from the United States landing on Omaha and Utah, Great Britain landing on Gold and Sword and Canada landing on Juno. During the evening the remaining elements of the airborne divisions landed. Land forces used on D-Day sailed from bases along the south coast of England, the most