iambrb
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So it’s juuuust shy of 12PM EST. Here’s how it was on D-Day;
How it was in 1944:
11:45
– Omaha Beach: the 1st battalion of the 18th Infantry Regiment (1st US Infantry Division) has landed.
11:58
– The 726th German Grenadier Regiment reported that three landing craft were destroyed in the port of Port-en-Bessin.
12:00
– Utah Beach: 4 beach exit routes (causeways) are controlled by paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division.
– Utah Beach: the 2nd battalion of the 8th RCT enters Poupeville.
– Utah Beach: Dog Company of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment reaches the village of Angoville.
– Pointe du Hoc: the last 6 defenders of the observation post surrender to the American Rangers.
– Pointe du Hoc: Colonel Rudder sends Morse the message “Arrived at Pointe du Hoc. Mission completed, urgent need of ammunition and reinforcements. Many losses.”
– Omaha Beach: due to the lack of ammunition, the Houtteville battery (4,500 meters from the beach, near Colleville-sur-Mer) refuses to execute a gun salvo fire order against the landing craft on approach. The battery only fires with one 105 mm gun after the other.
– Churchill delivers his speech in the House of Commons, informing the British deputies of the liberation of Rome and the beginning of the Normandy landings.
How it was in 1944:
11:45
– Omaha Beach: the 1st battalion of the 18th Infantry Regiment (1st US Infantry Division) has landed.
11:58
– The 726th German Grenadier Regiment reported that three landing craft were destroyed in the port of Port-en-Bessin.
12:00
– Utah Beach: 4 beach exit routes (causeways) are controlled by paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division.
– Utah Beach: the 2nd battalion of the 8th RCT enters Poupeville.
– Utah Beach: Dog Company of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment reaches the village of Angoville.
– Pointe du Hoc: the last 6 defenders of the observation post surrender to the American Rangers.
– Pointe du Hoc: Colonel Rudder sends Morse the message “Arrived at Pointe du Hoc. Mission completed, urgent need of ammunition and reinforcements. Many losses.”
– Omaha Beach: due to the lack of ammunition, the Houtteville battery (4,500 meters from the beach, near Colleville-sur-Mer) refuses to execute a gun salvo fire order against the landing craft on approach. The battery only fires with one 105 mm gun after the other.
– Churchill delivers his speech in the House of Commons, informing the British deputies of the liberation of Rome and the beginning of the Normandy landings.
). General Roosevelt died of a heart attack on july 12, still in the battle area in France.
