Did the D-Day landings occur during high or low tide?

High tide would leave the boats stranded by the barriers, and closer to the machine gun emplacements (assume this is Omaha Beach). Not only would the soldiers become target practice, the entire landing would fail. read more

High tide would leave the boats stranded by the barriers, and closer to the machine gun emplacements (assume this is Omaha Beach). Not only would the soldiers become target practice, the entire landing would fail. So it would be logical that the landings took place sometime after low tide. read more

For any amphibious operation, an ability to predict the height and timing of high tides is crucial. U.S. military planners had learned that lesson at the Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific. A miscalculation in predicting the height of a high tide stranded U.S. landing craft on a shallow reef for several hours, while Japanese defenders of the island used U.S. Marines for target practice. read more