Omaha Beach
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| Locations | Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes |
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| Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer | |
| Vierville-sur-Mer | |
| France | |
| Date | June 6, 1944 |
| Year | 1944 |
| Result | Allied |
| Did you know | The Americans suffered 2,400 casualties at Omaha on June 6, but by the end of the day they had landed 34,000 troops. |
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| ID | 1112500 |
About Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach is a landing area in Normandy, northern France, used by Allied forces in the WWII D-Day invasion. Today, the beach is dotted with the remains of German bunkers. On the shore, the stainless-steel sculpture Les Braves commemorates American soldiers. Behind the beach is the Musée Mémorial d'Omaha Beach, also documenting the invasion. Nearby, the Overlord Museum displays WWII tanks, artillery and dioramas.
D-Day veteran Edward Gaines from Poole dies aged 98
...By PA Media & Toby WadeyBBC NewsOne of the last surviving D-Day veterans who transported dynamite to Omaha Beach has died aged 98...
I survived D-Day - my first champagne had
... June, probably around 06:30 PM, it was time to go, and here we were landing at Omaha Beach with the water up to the neck and machine-gun fire on all sides...
D-Day: What happened during the landings of 1944?
... But at nearby Omaha Beach, the US force suffered serious losses...
D-Day: 10 things you might not know about the Normandy invasion
...D-Day on Omaha Beach in Normandy On 6 June 1944, British, US and Canadian forces invaded the coast of Normandy in northern France...
D-Day: Veterans and world leaders mark 75th anniversary
... Pride of the nation Meanwhile, Mr Trump accompanied Mr Macron at a ceremony at the US war cemetery at Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer...
Sheffield bomber crash: Fly-past due on 75th anniversary
... The headstones of Staff Sergeant Harry W Estabrooks, Sergeant Maurice D Robbins and Sergeant Charles H Tuttle were dressed on Friday with sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, France...
