Omaha

**//Omaha//** - The second beach from the right, Omaha, was also the largest. Over 6 miles in length. 100-foot cliffs over looked the entire beach, and the latter third of the beach had a 10-foot seawall. The Germans had built up some tough defenses. The beach was heavily mined, and the Germans had built 5 strong holds called Widerstandsnester ("resistance nests"). The battle itself went entirely wrong for the allied forces, 27 of the 29 amphibious support tanks sank in the rough waters of the channel. The allies lost more then 2400 soldiers in taking Omaha beach, but by the end of the day, they had managed to land more then 34,000 troops. 