Invasion Beach "Utah Beach"

Utah Beach, La Madeleine
Normandie, France

Utah Beach was the code name for the right flank, or westernmost, of the Allied landing beaches during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, as part of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944. About 32,000 Allied soldiers landed here on 6 June 1944.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

Photo(s): Lennard Bolijn

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