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.
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  • 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”
    “Omaha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Omaha Beach Memorial Museum and Town hall of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vierville-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer.
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is a commune in the … is situated 2½ km southeast of Omaha Beach.
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is a former commune in the … is situated 3½ km west of Omaha Beach.

Omaha Beach

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Latitude
49.36844° or 49° 22′ 6″ north
Longitude
-0.87187° or 0° 52′ 19″ west
Open location code
8CXX949H+97
Geo­Names ID
3336571
Wiki­data ID
Q464257

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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”

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