Normandy Overlord Guide v1.10 release, Utah beach
Normandy Overlord Guide v1.01 brings a detailed analysis of Utah Beach and operation and landings. German forces, naval and aerial allied support, casualties, first wave, securing beach exits and an explanation of the actions during landings on D-Day
D-DAYOVERLORD NORMANDY GUIDENORMANDY
Eduardo Domínguez Menéndez
9/20/20252 min read
Before explain new features of this release a short summary about what you can expect from this Normandy Overlord Guide app:
Precise coordinates, instantly locate beaches, bunkers, batteries and key battle sites.
Normandy Overlord Guide helps you plan every step of your journey. Whether you’re preparing your itinerary from home or exploring Normandy on foot, the app offers precise location details, historical context, and travel tips to make the most of your trip. Easily navigate between key D-Day sites, organize your museum visits,... Ensure a well-planned and deeply enriching travel experience.
This app isn’t just for travelers, it’s a powerful reference you can use anytime and anywhere. Even if you’re not in Normandy nor plan to go, you can explore detailed maps, historical accounts and curated images from your phone or tablet. You can explore detailed maps, historical accounts and curated images from your phone or tablet.
What’s New in Normandy Overlord Guide v1.10
In version 1.10 of Normandy Overlord Guide, we have included a new section to dive in the beaches of landings. This release include Utah. The rest of beaches will be incorporated in coming releases from West to East..
It's goes farther a description of events, you can find the defend assigned forces, in coded Utah beach all forces to St. Martín de Varrevillede beach and a more concise in the sector of landing or the composition of allied support (aerial and naval), first wave,...
Let's see the list of topics in the section Beach of landing:
German defense forces, with bunkers, guns, officials, ...
Aerial allied support, estimation of aircrafts and rallies
Naval allied support, types of vessels
Landing resources like LCVP Higgins Landing Craft, the main type of vessel, used by allied troops traveled from the ships to the beaches; what to know how many kilometers? check it in the app ;)
First wave
Securing the exit of the beach
Casualties
And of course a detailed explanation of what happened during landing operations in D-Day
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Utah Beach
Discover all the details about the landing operation, now some pills of what is told in the section of Utha in Normandy Overlord Guide:
The 8th Regiment Combat Team (RCT) of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division leaded the disembark in a wrong sector of the beach, but Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. realized it was a benefit and state his famous We’ll start the war from right here!
Learn more about the WN 5 strongpoint under the command of Lieutenant Jahnke, which was at the center of the landing and breakthrough.
New geolocated places
Three new geolocated places related to Utah: the real area of landings, Red House (reference point of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to figure out the real place of the disembark) and the place where infantry encountered parachuters from Company G, Second Battalion of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment.