Omaha beach was to be assaulted at 0630 hours by the U.S. 1st Infantry
Division, with the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division attached for D-Day only. Omaha was wide enough to land two regiments side by side with
armour in front. The objectives of the
1st Division were ambitious. First, it
was to capture the villages of Vierville,
Saint-Laurent, and Colleville; then it was
to push through and cut the Bayeux-Isigny
road, and then it was to attack south
toward Trévières and west toward the
Pointe du Hoc.
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