Sword Beach
Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, Operation Neptune, of Operation Overlord.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Caves of the Anguillère and Château de Lion-sur-Mer.
Château de Lion-sur-Mer
Castle
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Château de Lion-sur-Mer is a castle.
Pierre de Luc
Archaeological site
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Pierre de Luc is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cresserons and Hermanville-sur-Mer.
Cresserons
Village
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Cresserons is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Cresserons is located just south of the beaches of Normandy. Cresserons is situated 3½ km southwest of Sword Beach.
Hermanville-sur-Mer
Village
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Hermanville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Hermanville-sur-Mer is situated 3½ km southeast of Sword Beach.
Plumetot
Village
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Plumetot is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Plumetot is situated 4½ km south of Sword Beach.
Sword Beach
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Satellite Map
Discover Sword Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Sword Beach” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sword-strand”
- Breton: “Sword Beach”
- Catalan: “Sword Beach”
- Cebuano: “Sword Beach”
- Chinese: “宝剑海滩”
- Chinese: “寶劍海灘”
- Czech: “Pláž Sword”
- Czech: “Sword Beach”
- Danish: “Sword Beach”
- Dutch: “Sword Beach”
- French: “Sword Beach”
- German: “Strandabschnitt Sword”
- German: “Sword Beach”
- Hebrew: “חוף סורד”
- Indonesian: “Pantai Sword”
- Irish: “Trá Sword”
- Italian: “Sword Beach”
- Japanese: “ソード・ビーチ”
- Japanese: “ソードビーチ”
- Korean: “소드 해변”
- Luxembourgish: “Sword Beach”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sword Beach”
- Polish: “Plaża Sword”
- Portuguese: “Praia de Sword”
- Russian: “Пляж «Сорд»”
- Russian: “Пляж «Суорд»”
- Russian: “Пляж Сорд”
- Russian: “Пляж Суорд”
- Russian: “Суорд-Бич”
- Spanish: “Playa de Sword”
- Spanish: “Sword Beach”
- Swedish: “Sword Beach”
- Tamil: “சுவார்ட் கடற்கரை”
- Tamil: “ஸ்வார்ட் கடற்கரை”
- Thai: “หาดซอร์ด”
- Ukrainian: “Плацдарм «Сорд»”
- Ukrainian: “Плацдарм «Суорд»”
- Vietnamese: “Bãi Sword”
- Western Frisian: “Sword Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Le Point du Jour and Le Haut Lion.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Le Quihot and Roches de Lion.
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