FROM 1:00 p.m. to 1:59 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Colonel Rudder at Pointe du Hoc receives the response to his 12:00 p.m. message: "No reinforcements available. All Rangers have landed at Omaha" General O. Bradley receives a message from Omaha Beach: "Troops here stuck on the ground at Easy Red Advancing across the cliffs overlooking Easy Green and Easy Red, reinforcements are arriving and the wounded are being evacuated." Strongpoint Wn 72 at. The Dog Green sector is under the control of American soldiers. This fortification protected exit D1 and allowed the Allies to access Vierville-sur-Mer from Omaha Beach. Company B of the 1st Suffolk Regiment landed on Sword Beach and controlled the Morris strongpoint at Colleville-sur-Orne. Battery Morris contained 3 105mm guns. Sixty-seven Germans are captured. The 101st Airborne meets the 4th American Infantry Division at Pouppeville. 1:30 p.m. Start of the first air raid on the city of Caen. Seventy-three B-24s from the 2nd Bombardment Division dropped 156 tons of bombs on the city. General Omar Bradley received the following report from Omaha Beach: "Troops previously stopped at Easy Red, Easy Green and Red Fox beaches are advancing on the hills behind. British soldiers at Gold Beach are moving southwest towards Bayeux. The Canadians from Juno Beach are advancing towards Caen. Large losses of armored landing craft left them with only 6 tanks out of 40. 1st Special Services Brigade. The commando meets the 6th Airborne Division at "Pegasus Bridge".13:35The German 352nd Division informs the headquarters of the 7th Army that it has repulsed the Allied landing at sea on Omaha Beach.13:41The German 726th Grenadier Regiment reports regaining control. on Colleville-sur-Mer.German resistance at Dog Green, Easy Gr...... middle of paper...... Medal of Honor A small bridgehead was established. Small groups of American soldiers are on top of one. area five miles wide and 1.5 miles deep. By midnight, 21,400 troops had landed on Juno Beach, with fewer than 1,000 casualties. The objective of capturing the Carpiquet airfield and joining the soldiers at Sword Beach was not achieved. By midnight, 25,000 troops had landed on Gold Beach, with fewer than 1,000 casualties. A large bridgehead was established, six miles wide and deep. The soldiers of Gold Beach meet the Canadians of Juno Beach. No. 47 Royal Marine Commando is ready to take Port-en-Bessin the next day. Around 170,000 men fought in Normandy. Allied command is optimistic. Reinforcements continue to arrive. Losses are much lower than expected. Around 10,000 men were killed, wounded or missing in action out of a military force of 300,000 men. D-day ends.