Omaha Beach

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D-Day landing site World War II battlefield beach

Omaha Beach was one of the primary American landing sites in Normandy during the D-Day invasion of World War II, known for its intense combat and heavy casualties.

Aliases (2)

Omaha Beach landings ×1
Omaha Beach monuments ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	D-Day landing site → World War II battlefield → beach →
adjacentTo	English Channel → Gold Beach → Utah Beach →
associatedConflict	World War II →
associatedWith	Dwight D. Eisenhower → Omar Bradley →
codeName	Omaha →
commemoratedOn	D-Day anniversaries →
country	France →
currentUse	tourist site → war memorial site →
dateOfEvent	1944-06-06 →
defendedBy	German 352nd Infantry Division →
event	D-Day landings →
hasMemorial	Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial →
hasTerrainFeature	bluffs → sand dunes → tidal flats →
languageOfToponym	English →
length	approximately 5 miles → approximately 8 kilometers →
locatedIn	France → Normandy →
militaryOperationType	amphibious landing →
near	Colleville-sur-Mer → Pointe du Hoc → Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → Vierville-sur-Mer →
notableFor	cliff-backed terrain → heavy American casualties → intense German resistance → strong coastal fortifications →
opposedBy	German Wehrmacht → Nazi Germany →
partOf	Allied invasion of Normandy → Normandy landings → Operation Overlord → Western Front of World War II →
resultOfBattle	Allied victory →
strategicObjective	link with British and Canadian beaches → secure a beachhead in Normandy →
theaterOfWar	European Theater of World War II →
usedBy	United States 1st Infantry Division → United States 29th Infantry Division → United States Army → United States Army Rangers →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gold → Sword Beach →	sisterBeach
Operation Neptune ("Omaha Beach landings") →	appliesToPart
Calvados department →	contains
Vierville-sur-Mer ("Omaha Beach monuments") →	hasMemorial
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeach
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeaches
Normandy →	landingBeaches
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial →	locatedOn
Carentan-les-Marais →	nearbyDdayBeaches
Utah Beach →	neighboringLandingBeach
German 352nd Infantry Division →	notableEngagement
Gold Beach →	sisterBeaches