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After D-Day · Casualties, prisoners and cemeteries
Photographs document care for wounded soldiers and civilians at Omaha Beach, including aid posts, evacuation by sea and later medical flights from Saint-Laurent.
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Photographs show German prisoners at Omaha Beach, including assembly, searches, movement and work details, with several captions retaining uncertainty.
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The dossier traces the first temporary cemetery at Vierville, the collection of bodies from 7 June and the sequence of cemeteries associated with Omaha Beach.
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Photographs and commentary document the second temporary cemetery at Colleville, commonly called Saint-Laurent, and distinguish it from the later permanent cemetery.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Organisation of the forces
The dossier outlines US Navy task forces for the Normandy landings, including the Western Task Force and the command arrangements for Omaha Beach.
Read the document →After D-Day · The harbour and supplies
Plans, photographs and commentary introduce Omaha's artificial harbour, from the Mulberry A project to the post-storm operation of the protected beachhead.
Read the document →Maps & archives · Reports and documents
Tables record personnel, vehicles and cargo landed at Omaha in 1944, with dates, major formations and gaps retained where tonnage figures are unavailable.
Read the document →Witness accounts · Residents and families
Michel Hardelay recalls evenings near Omaha Beach, antiaircraft procedures, barrage balloons and the daily hazards surrounding the developing harbour.
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Plans and photographs follow construction of Mulberry A and Gooseberry 2 at Omaha Beach, explaining their different elements and the effects of the June storm.
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Photographs and diagrams follow the Bombardon floating breakwaters, from towing and installation to their loss of moorings during the June storm.
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Plans and photographs document the Phoenix reinforced-concrete caissons at Omaha, showing their different types, towing, placement and damage after the storm.
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Maps, vessel lists and photographs trace the scuttling of Corncob blockships to form the Gooseberry breakwater, with uncertain identifications kept explicit.
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Diagrams and photographs explain the Lobnitz floating pierheads, their use for unloading LSTs and the condition of the structures after the June storm.
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Plans and photographs follow the Whale floating roadways and Beetle supports, from cross-Channel towing and installation to the damage left by the June storm.
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Photographs and commentary explain the metal pontoon causeways, their construction from modular units and their use for unloading craft directly onto the beach.
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Overview photographs explain the Gooseberry sheltered anchorage and the shuttle craft used to move cargo from larger ships offshore to the beach and causeways.
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Photographs and diagrams explain the operation of Mulberry A, including LST unloading at Lobnitz pierheads and the connection to shore by Whale roadways.
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Photographs follow Rhino ferries transferring vehicles from ships offshore to Omaha Beach, with details of their modular construction and working arrangements.
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Photographs and commentary describe LST unloading at Omaha, including beaching, tidal constraints and later transfers to Rhino ferries or other craft offshore.
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The dossier compares LCT types and landing barges, showing loading methods, movement of tanks and the wear caused by repeated beaching at Omaha.
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