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…showed last 75 words of 442 total…its special task force also captured key bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River. When the sea borne units began to land about 6:30AM, the British and Canadians on Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches overcame light opposition. So did the Americans at Utah. The American 1st Division at Omaha Beach, however, confronted the best of the German coast divisions, the 352nd, and were roughly handled. Only dedicated local leadership eventually got the troops inward.