Utah Beach is one of the 5 beaches that allied forces landed on D-Day. It is the Westernmost of the 5 beaches located on the Cotentin Peninsula. The objective on Utah Beach invasion was to secure the port facilities of Cherbourg. This was accomplished by the US 4th Infantry Division, and 70th Tank Battalion and were supported by the airborne landings of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Division.
The 4th Infantry Division landed 21,000 troops on Utah at the cost of only 197 casualties. Airborne troops arriving by parachute and glider numbered an additional 14,000 men, with 2,500 casualties. Around 700 men were lost in engineering units, 70th Tank Battalion, and seaborne vessels sunk by the enemy. German losses are unknown.
Cherbourg was captured on June 26, but by this time the Germans had destroyed the port facilities, which were not brought back into full operation until September of that year.
Today you will find, museums, memorials, monuments, and a few other interesting sites worth your time. Many of the monuments and memorials and museums contain either replica of originals of the vehicles and landing crafts that were used in the D-Day invasion.