History Main / StormingTheBeaches

* During the mass scale UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in early 2022, Russians landed troops largely unopposed on the Ukrainian coast of the sea of Azov in support of their ground troops coming from both Crimea (which they occupy since 2014) in the South and their puppet republics of Donbas in the East, converging for the siege of Mariupol. This resulted in them occupying a corridor going all the way from Donbas to Crimea and controlling the whole basin of the Sea of Azov. Further landings were planned to take the Western Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and Odesa, but the failure of the ground offensive on Mykolaiv, the failure to hold Kherson, the war of attrition dragging on after the failure of the Kyiv offensive and Ukrainians demonstrating their capabilities in [[UsefulNotes/NavalWeapons anti-ship missiles]] by sinking the Russians' Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the cruiser ''Moskva'', have since deterred Russians from attempting such landings again, in addition to beaches on said coast now being mined. Ukrainians have also destroyed several Russian landing ships with missile strikes on Berdyansk and Crimea, both to prevent such action from happening again and to disrupt Russian supply lines.

* During the mass scale UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in early 2022, Russians landed troops largely unopposed on the Ukrainian coast of the sea of Azov in support of their ground troops coming from both Crimea (which they occupy since 2014) in the South and their puppet republics of Donbas in the East, converging for the siege of Mariupol. This resulted in them occupying a corridor going all the way from Donbas to Crimea and controlling the whole basin of the Sea of Azov. Further landings were planned to take the Western Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and Odesa, but the failure of the ground offensive on Mykolaiv, the failure to hold Kherson, the war of attrition dragging on after the failure of the Kyiv offensive and Ukrainians demonstrating their capabilities in [[UsefulNotes/NavalWeapons anti-ship missiles]] by sinking the Russians' Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the cruiser ''Moskva'', have since deterred Russians from attempting such landings again, in addition to beaches on said coast now being mined.

* During the mass scale UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in early 2022, Russians landed troops largely unopposed on the Ukrainian coast of the sea of Azov in support of their ground troops coming from both Crimea (which they occupy since 2014) in the South and their puppet republics of Donbas in the East, converging for the siege of Mariupol. This resulted in them occupying a corridor going all the way from Donbas to Crimea and controlling the whole basin of the Sea of Azov. Further landings were planned to take the Western Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and Odesa, but the failure of the ground offensive on Mykolaiv, the failure to hold Kherson, the war of attrition dragging on after the failure of the Kyiv offensive and Ukrainians demonstrating their capabilities in [[UsefulNotes/NavalWeapons anti-ship missiles]] by sinking the Russians' Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the cruiser ''Moskva'', have since deterred Russians from attempting such landings again, in addition to beaches on said coast being mined.
* The Falklands War of 1982 provides a classic example of an unopposed landing. Incredibly, Argentinian defenders on East Falkland appeared to be completely unaware the British were landing an army, and made no attempt whatsoever to disrupt or counter-attack the landing beach. The landing was such a relaxed affair, in fact, that the very first British unit ashore was a detachment of the Royal Army Catering Corps - who found they had ample time to establish a fully-functioning field kitchen so as to welcome Royal Marines and paratroopers[[note]]temporarily tasked with disembarking from landing craft, as honorary Marines for the day[[/note]] with [[BritsLoveTea a good hot cup of tea]] and a hot meal.

* ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Villainous example occurs during the Battle of Kashyyyk, in which the Separatist droid army advances on the beachfront, with the combined clone and Wookiee armies attempting to fend them off.

* During the mass scale UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in early 2022, Russians landed troops largely unopposed on the Ukrainian coast of the sea of Azov in support of their ground troops coming from both Crimea (which they occupy since 2014) in the South and their puppet republics of Donbas in the East, notably for the siege of Mariupol. This resulted in them occupying a corridor going all the way from Donbas to Crimea and controlling the whole basin of the Sea of Azov. Further landings were planned to take the Western Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and Odesa, but the failure of the ground offensive on Mykolaiv, the failure to hold Kherson, the war of attrition dragging on after the failure of the Kyiv offensive and Ukrainians demonstrating their capabilities in [[UsefulNotes/NavalWeapons anti-ship missiles]] by sinking the Russians' Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the cruiser ''Moskva'', have since deterred Russians from attempting such landings again, in addition to beaches on said coast being mined.

** The original ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' first had you rescue an Allied operative in North Africa, with the two of you then light a signal for the Allied fleet offshore to begin Operation Torch

* ''VideoGame/PostScriptum'': The Utah Beach map has the US 29th Infantry Division land on the the titular beach of the same name, with the Wehrmacht tasked with defending from various coastal defense positions and beachside houses. Unlike most examples, the fighting continues further inland should the beach fall.

** Operation Torch, the Allied capture of Vichy French-held areas of North Africa in November 1942. The landings succeeded against weak Vichy French and Italian opposition, and dropped off a full British and American army group. The German and Italian forces found themselves squeezed from east and west because the Brits already had an army in Egypt. Add on the fact that the Royal Navy was making resupply from the north via the Mediterranean a major problem and the Sahara to the south isn't exactly accommodating to large military activity, and by early 1943 North Africa was free of Axis forces.

** The Normandy landings of Operation Overlord on June 6th, 1944 are the most famous, and largest, real life example to this day. The Allies invaded Nazi-held France across the English Channel. The Americans landed at Omaha and Utah Beaches, the British at Sword and Gold, and the Canadians at Juno. Of these five beaches Omaha is the most well-known because it was the most difficult, with the Americans suffering heavy casualties before finally breaking through. They were helped by a massive deception operation: though the Wehrmacht had fortified virtually their entire 3,000 mile Atlantic coast (the so-called "Atlantic Wall"), the obvious target was the short distance from Dover to Calais. So the Allies faked a build-up of troops and materiel at Dover and sent fake messages in old codes they knew were compromised, and [[BaitAndSwitch then hit a couple hundred miles further west in Normandy]].

* During the mass scale UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in early 2022, Russians landed troops largely unopposed on the Ukrainian coast of the sea of Azov in support of their ground troops coming from both Crimea (which they occupy since 2014) in the South and their puppet republics of Donbas in the East, most notably besieging Mariupol. This resulted in them occupying a corridor going all the way from Donbas to Crimea and controlling the whole basin of the Sea of Azov. Further landings were planned to take the Western Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and Odesa, but the failure of the ground offensive on Mykolaiv, the failure to hold Kherson, the war of attrition dragging on after the failure of the Kyiv offensive and Ukrainians demonstrating their capabilities in [[UsefulNotes/NavalWeapons anti-ship missiles]] by sinking the Russians' Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the cruiser ''Moskva'', have since deterred Russians from attempting such landings again, in addition to beaches on said coast being mined.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AsterixInBritain'', the Romans land in Brittania by storming a beach in a manner reminiscent of D-Day with landing crafts that have a bow opening, and some legionaries escalating the beach's cliff also evokes the battle of the Pointe du Hoc.