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"Unless we can land overwhelming forces and beat the Nazis in battle in France, Hitler will never be defeated." Winston Churchill Omaha Beach is a 3-mile long stretch of beach overlooked by high cliffs. Along the actual beach a 10-foot high concrete sea wall, with German 88-mm guns perched at the top. The only exits off the beach were through steep ravines. The US 1st and 29th infantry divisions assaulted the beach. These men were …

…by June 11. The floating piers were half-finished by June 19, when a heavy storm destroyed much of the material. The Americans then decided to abandon their Mulberry, while the British harbors was not in use until July. Most supplies meanwhile had to be beach-landed. With the beaches behind them, the Allies could afford to turn their eyes eastward to the Seine River and beyond. For a time these prizes would appear to be beyond their grasp.