Omaha Beach Battle Analysis

As five thousand boats made their way across the chopping morning water of the South Pacific Ocean. Around 200,000 thousand soldiers in all made there way to a small beach the French called Omaha Beach. Each and every soldiers trained for this specifically battle specifically. They were told that few would make it out alive, but they had no idea what lied ahead. They didn’t know that they were about to fight in one of the bloodiest battles in any war ever. One soldier who fought on omaha beach, John Trippon, told news sources, “why didn’t I die there, I can’t say”. John Trippon watched as dozens of his friends were killed and machine gun fire poured down on them. Nearly 175,000 soldiers broke out on the beach. Little did they know, that this battle would be remembered as a major battle in one of the cruelest wars ever to take place.
Almost all the amphibious war machines were sunken and lying at the bottom of the ocean. This left the battle in the hands of the commanders. They would decide what their troops would need to do in order to defeat the German defense. For the most part the battle was in a state of complete pandemonium. Many former commanders said very similar things about the battle. They all said things along the lines of, “you get cover and hope you don’t get killed while in the process”. In the early morning of D-Day, when fighting was the fiercest, there was under a 10% chance of living. Many soldiers dismissed the good chance of death. They fought primarily on emotion and pride for the homelands that were captured by the Germans. Soldiers with children and families willingly died just to show the pride they have in their nation. Many non religious soldiers turned religious right before this conquest. Lt Col Robert L Wolverton who stated firmly with his platoon, he was not religious and never was, but in the moments before the battle they they could do nothing but pray and hope someone was watching over