Visit of the American General Staff to Utah Beach and Omaha Beach on June 12, 1944
D-Day and Battle of Normandy videos
This section brings together archive videos illustrating the landing operations on Utah Beach during the Battle of Normandy.
Video date: June 12, 1944
Subject: Report on the visit of the American Chiefs of Staff to the landed forces, as well as on the management of road traffic by the military police between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach. The general officers visit the area around the Pointe du Hoc site (Cricqueville-en-Bessin), particularly the position of the howitzers found south of the German battery, pass through Isigny-sur-Mer, and visit the Utah Beach sector, particularly La Madeleine.
Location:
– Cricqueville-en-Bessin, Calvados, Normandy
– Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy
– Utah Beach, Manche, Normandy
– Omaha Beach, Manche, Normandy
Personalities:
– Lieutenant General Henry A. Arnold (Commander of the US Army Air Force)
– Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley (1st Army Group)
– Brigadier General Joseph L. Collins (US 7th Corps)
– General Dwight D. Eisenhower (SHAEF)
– Admiral Ernest J. King (Commander of the US Navy)
– Admiral Alan G. Kirk (Western Task Force)
– General of the Army George C. Marshall (Chief of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff)
– Brigadier General Elwood R. Quesada (US 9th Tactical Air Command)
Source: US National Archives