Simon Smith
Assault On Omaha - D-Day Landings Poster - 30 ½” x 21 ½”
Product Info:
This WW2 poster is 30 ½” x 21 ½ ” (77.5cm x 54.5cm) and printed on carbon balanced FSC silk 250gsm paper.
This high-quality military art poster by Simon Smith dramatically portrays the assault on Omaha beach on D-Day, 6th June 1944.
Historical Context:
The largest of the D-Day assault areas, Omaha Beach stretched over 10 km (6 miles) between the fishing port of Port-en-Bessin and the mouth of the Vire River, with the primary objective linking with the British landings at Gold to the east, and reaching the area of Isigny to the west to link up with VII Corps landing at Utah.
Charging into a blizzard of unyielding machine-gun and mortar fire, elements of the 29th Infantry Division lead the assault on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944. The scene at the water’s edge quickly becomes one of chaos and bloody carnage as the heavily laden troops begin the 200 yard rush across the bullet-swept sands of what would later be known as ‘Bloody’ Omaha. Opposing the landings was the German 352nd Infantry Division, which of its 12,020 men, 6,800 were experienced combat troops, who held the U.S. troops under intense fire causing substantial casualties. However by the end of the day two small isolated footholds had been won, from which they would continue to push their objectives.
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About the artist
Simon Smith
Simon Smith was born in 1960 into a military family and quickly developed an interest in history and the armed forces. Always a talented artist, he studied Fine Art and Illustration at Art School and, graduating with a First-class degree, worked as a highly successful commercial illustrator. Equally at home painting in traditional oils and using the technologies of digital creation, his pieces are often created using a combination of both processes.
Simon has won numerous awards including the Fine Art Trade Guild’s ‘Nockold’s Trophy’, the Cross and Cockade WW1 ‘Aviation Art Award’, and Flypast magazine’s award for ‘Excellence in Aviation Art’.
