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1⁄2 -3 in. Aircraft carried. 2 × floatplanes. Aviation facilities. 2 × aircraft catapults. The Omaha-class cruisers were a class of light cruisers built for the United States Navy. They were the oldest class of cruiser still in active service with the Navy at the outbreak of World War II, being an immediate post- World War I design.
Heinrich "Hein" Severloh, also known as the Beast of Omaha, (23 June 1923 – 14 January 2006) was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division stationed in Normandy in 1944. Severloh became notable for a memoir he published in the German language WN 62 – Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach Normandie, 6.
The Fabrique Nationale Model 1949 (often referred to as the FN-49, SAFN, or AFN ( automatic rifle version) is an autoloading battle rifle designed by Belgian small arms designer Dieudonné Saive in 1947. It was adopted by the militaries of Argentina, Belgium, the Belgian Congo, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Luxembourg, and Venezuela.
USS Omaha (CL-4) USS. Omaha. (CL-4) USS Omaha (CL-4), in New York Harbor, 10 February 1943. USS Omaha (CL-4) was the lead ship of the Omaha -class light cruiser of the United States Navy. She was originally classified as a scout cruiser. She was the second US Navy ship named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska, the first being Omaha, a screw sloop ...
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Pointe du Hoc lies 6.5 km (4.0 mi) west of the center of Omaha Beach. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, the prominent cliff top location was fortified by the Germans . The battery was initially built in 1943 to house six captured French First World War vintage GPF 155 mm K418(f) guns positioned in open concrete gun pits.