Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach was one of five Allied beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War. On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded German-occupied France with the Normandy landings.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Beach
- Description: 1944 one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France
- Also known as: “Bloody Omaha”, “Dog Green Sector”, “Dog Red Sector”, “Dog White Sector”, “Easy Green Sector”, “Easy Red Sector”, “Fox Green Sector”, and “Omaha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Omaha Beach Memorial Museum and Town hall of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
Manoir de Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Castle
Photo: Xfigpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manoir de Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vierville-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer.
Vierville-sur-Mer
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vierville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France.
Colleville-sur-Mer
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colleville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandie region in northwestern France. Colleville-sur-Mer is situated 2½ km southeast of Omaha Beach.
Louvières
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Louvières is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille. Louvières is situated 3½ km west of Omaha Beach.
Omaha Beach
- Categories: code name and landform
- Location: Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Arrondissement of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Omaha Beach” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Omaha-strand”
- Arabic: “Omaha beach”
- Arabic: “شاطئ أوماها”
- Basque: “Omaha hondartza”
- Breton: “Omaha Beach”
- Catalan: “Omaha Beach”
- Catalan: “Platja d’Omaha”
- Cebuano: “Omaha Beach”
- Chinese: “Omaha Beach”
- Chinese: “奥马哈之战”
- Chinese: “奥马哈海滩”
- Chinese: “奧馬哈之戰”
- Chinese: “奧馬哈海灘”
- Croatian: “Omaha”
- Croatian: “Plaža Omaha”
- Czech: “Omaha Beach”
- Czech: “Pláž Omaha”
- Danish: “Omaha Beach”
- Danish: “Slaget om Omaha Beach”
- Dutch: “Omaha Beach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط اوماها”
- French: “Omaha Beach”
- Galician: “desembarco da praia de Omaha”
- German: “Omaha Beach und Pointe du Hoc”
- German: “Omaha Beach”
- Greek: “Παραλία Ομάχα”
- Hebrew: “חוף אומאהה”
- Hebrew: “חוף אומהה”
- Hungarian: “Omaha partszakasz”
- Indonesian: “Pantai Omaha”
- Italian: “Omaha Beach”
- Japanese: “オマハ・ビーチ”
- Japanese: “オマハビーチ”
- Korean: “오마하 해변”
- Korean: “오마하”
- Limburgan: “Omaha Beach”
- Lombard: “Omaha Beach”
- Marathi: “ओमाहा बीच”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Omaha Beach”
- Norwegian: “Omaha Beach”
- Persian: “ساحل اوماها”
- Polish: “Plaża Omaha”
- Portuguese: “Praia de Omaha”
- Romanian: “Plaja Omaha”
- Russian: “Омаха-бич”
- Russian: “Омаха-Бич”
- Russian: “Омаха”
- Russian: “Пляж «Омаха»”
- Russian: “Пляж Омаха”
- Slovenian: “Obala Omaha”
- Spanish: “Omaha Beach”
- Spanish: “Playa de Omaha”
- Spanish: “Playa Omaha”
- Swahili: “Ufukwe wa Omaha”
- Swedish: “Omaha Beach”
- Tamil: “ஒமாஃகா கடற்கரை”
- Tamil: “ஒமாகா கடற்கரை”
- Tamil: “ஒமாஹா கடற்கரை”
- Thai: “หาดโอมาฮา”
- Thai: “หาดโอมาฮ่า”
- Turkish: “Omaha Sahili”
- Ukrainian: “Плацдарм «Омаха»”
- Vietnamese: “Bãi Omaha”
- Western Frisian: “Omaha Beach”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Omaha Beach”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Hamel Au Prêtre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial and Pointe de la Percée.
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