Enemy Defenses". Omaha Beachhead. United States Army Center of Military History. 1994 [20 September 1945]. p.25 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Ghost Stadium wins Leicester Libraries Our Best Book Award thanks to the votes from children at the city’s primary schools and is a selected title for Bookbuzz 2014.

On Fox Green, at the eastern end of Omaha, four sections of L/16 had survived their landing intact and were now leading elements of I/16, K/16 and E/116 up the slopes. With supporting fire from the heavy weapons of M/16, tanks and destroyers, this force eliminated WN-60, which defended the draw at F-1; by 09:00, the 3rd battalion 16th RCT was moving inland. [74] [83] Naval support [ edit ] USS Frankford Replacement vehicles and men were sent over after a week or so, and the rest of 21 BDS were operational by 1st July. 21 BDS went on to become the joint most successful GCI unit on the Western Front, with over 46 enemy aircraft downed in the first three months of the invasion alone. [98] End of day [ edit ] Official history map showing extent of advances made by evening. a b "Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. pp.75–77 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. I’ve got more confident. I kept safely to sport initially, as that was what I thought I knew best. But now I feel I am striding out a bit more. The next book I write – my 50 th book – is about something I never dreamed I’d dare to write about. But I am. Even though I might fail.

As a result, a relatively small force of about 160 Royal Air Force technical personnel, together with their attached supporting Signals and other units, were scheduled to land on Omaha beach in Normandy at high tide on D-Day (about 11:00hrs), immediately after the first waves of American assault troops had secured the beach and their Engineers had made it safe. [ citation needed]

The US forces that were on the beach with them were traumatized and immobile. Many men were dead or injured. 21 BDS’ position was grave, and they too were suffering casualties. The only solution was to get off the beach and get into the shelter of a ravine. On the easternmost beach, Fox Green, elements of five different companies had become entangled, and the situation was little improved by the equally disorganized landings of the second wave. Two more companies of the 3rd Battalion joined the melee, and, having drifted east in the first wave, I/16 finally made their traumatic landing on Fox Green, at 08:00. Two of their six boats were swamped on their detour to the east, and as they came in under fire, three of the four remaining boats were damaged by artillery or mines, and the fourth was hung up on an obstacle. A captain from this company found himself senior officer, and in charge of the badly out of shape 3rd Battalion. [63] American situation [ edit ] Assault troops of the 3rd Battalion, 16th RCT, from the first two waves, shelter under the chalk cliffs (which identify this as an area of Fox Red). I am thrilled that Armistice Runner has just won the older readers category prize at the FCBG Children’s Book Awards!! In the meantime, the original defender at Omaha, the 352nd Division, was being steadily reduced. By the morning of June 9 the division was reported as having been "...reduced to 'small groups'..." while the 726th Grenadier Regiment had "...practically disappeared." [110] By June 11 the effectiveness of the 352nd was regarded as "very slight", [111] and by June 14 the German corps command was reporting the 352nd as completely used up and needing to be removed from the line. [112]Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. p.80 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. The westernmost of the D-Day beaches, extending some eleven statute miles in four sectors (S, T, U, and V) running north-northwest to south-southeast. Utah joined the west end of Omaha Beach in a line projecting through tidal flats beyond the mouth of the Vire River. Tom Palmer sensitively yet unflinchingly discusses the consequences and emotions involved in warfare. Brilliantly researched, the book is full of fascinating facts which are woven together to create a truly moving and gripping read … leave time for conversations afterwards. The ideas and issues contained within this simple and compelling story are too important to gloss over.” Books for Topics