13:00 TO 13:5913:00Colonel Rudder at Pointe du Hoc receives reply to his 12:00 message: "No reinforcements available. All Rangers are landed in Omaha." General O. Bradley receives a message from Omaha Beach: "Troops here are stranded ashore at Easy Red. Advancing through the bluffs overlooking Easy Green and Easy Red, reinforcements are arriving and the wounded are being evacuated." The stronghold Wn 72 a. 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. B Company of the 1st Suffolk Regiment landed at Sword Beach controlling the Morris strongpoint at Colleville-sur-Orne. The Morris battery contained 3 105 mm guns. Sixty-seven Germans are captured. The 101st Airborne meets the US 4th Infantry Division at Pouppeville. 1.30pm The first air raid on the city of Caen begins. Seventy-three B-24s of the 2nd Bombardment Division drop 156 tons of bombs on the city. General Omar Bradley receives the following report from Omaha Beach: "The troops previously stopped on the beaches of Easy Red, Easy Green and Red Fox, are advancing on the hills behind the beaches." British soldiers from Gold Beach are moving southwest towards Bayeux. The Canadians from Juno Beach advance towards Caen. The large loss of armored personnel carriers carrying landing craft left them with only 6 tanks out of 40. 1st Special Services Brigade The command meets the 6th Airborne Division at “ Pegasus Bridge”. 1.35pm The German 352nd Division informs the headquarters of the 7th Army that it has repelled the Allied landing at sea on Omaha Beach. 1.41pm The German 726th Grenadier Regiment reports having regained control over Colleville-sur. -Wed.German resistance at Dog Green, Easy Gr...... middle of paper...... A small bridgehead has been established. Small groups of American soldiers are over an 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 goal of capturing Carpiquet Airfield and connecting with 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 created, six miles wide and deep. Soldiers from Gold Beach meet Canadians from Juno Beach. Command no. 47 of the Royal Marine is ready to take Port-en-Bessin the following day. About 170,000 men are fighting in Normandy. The Allied Command is optimistic. Reinforcements continue to arrive. Losses are much lower than expected. Approximately 10,000 men are killed, wounded or missing in action out of a military force of 300,000 men. D-Day ends.