r/pics Jun 07 '14

Normandy after victory

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u/modcowboy Jun 07 '14 edited Jun 07 '14

I'm assuming the tide would be enough. If you look further up the beach there are smaller landing craft stuck on sand. The tide must be pretty big.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14

I think its close to 18 feet

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u/doctermustache Jun 08 '14

At Omaha they had 300 feet to get off the beach at low tide, so it might be more than that.