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Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach proper noun: a beach in the Aure sur Mer, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer, Calvados department, Normandy, France; an amphibious invasion zone during the D-Day invasions.

omaha beach: a beach in the Aure sur Mer, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer, Calvados department,...
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Proper noun

Omaha Beach

  1. A beach in the Aure sur Mer, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer, Calvados department, Normandy, France; an amphibious invasion zone during the D-Day invasions.
    • Eventually, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in the early hours of 6 June 1944 - a day recorded in the history books as D-Day. Taken by surprise, the Germans were overwhelmed. But although the first phase of the operation passed off without major Allied losses, the Omaha Beach landings...2024 May 27, “D-Day and the Tremendous Cost of Victory”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024, History

Origin of Omaha Beach

Likely coined in 1944 by American general Omar Bradley.

Questions about Omaha Beach

What does Omaha Beach mean?
Omaha Beach means a beach in the Aure sur Mer, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer, Calvados department, Normandy, France; an amphibious invasion zone during the D-Day invasions.
What part of speech is Omaha Beach?
Omaha Beach is a proper noun.

Words near Omaha Beach in the dictionary

  1. omafiets
  2. Omagh
  3. Omagua
  4. Omaguas
  5. Omaha
  6. Omaha Beach
  7. Omaha high-low split
  8. Omaha hold 'em
  9. Omaha-Ponca
  10. Omahan
  11. Omahans

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