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==== Omaha Beach ====
[[File:woundedomaha.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Wounded soldiers of the U.S. 16th Infantry Regiment on Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944.]]
The showdown at Omaha pitted the U.S. 1st Division against the 352nd of Germany. This beach was comparatively narrow and culminated in a steep, fortified bluff. At the base of the bluff, the Americans faced a swampy sea wall and an anti-tank ditch the Germans had constructed. Adding to the natural and German-made obstacles, the Americans faced their problems. The Navy launched the landing craft too far out in the channel; as the sea was choppy this resulted in a heavy loss of men and equipment due to capsized vessels.<ref>Lyons, 251.</ref>
