u/WehrabooSweeper

From the recent thread on the Higgins Boat, it is once again emphasized on how Omaha Beach was the exception than the norm regarding the difficulties of an amphibious landing, given the relative breeze of other landings like Utah Beach compared to the madness that was Omaha.

But it made me wonder how much Allied Intelligence knew about Omaha Beach landing prior to D-Day to understand how difficult it would have been? Of course intelligence couldn’t have accounted that almost all of the DD tanks wouldn’t make it to the beach and complicate the landing, but did they have assessments noting the beach’s defensive and how much higher risk it may have been?