Omaha Beach

E15503

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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Omaha Beach canonical	26
Omaha Beach landing	2
Omaha Beach landings	2
Omaha Beach sector of the Normandy landings	2
Omaha Beach (Saint-Laurent sector)	1
Omaha Beach Dog Green sector	1
Omaha Beach area	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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: German Wehrmacht Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Normandy D-Day ⓘ surface form: Normandy landings Operation Overlord ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
resultOfBattle	Allied victory ⓘ
strategicObjective	link with British and Canadian beaches ⓘ secure a beachhead in Normandy ⓘ
theaterOfWar	European theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: 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 (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gold Beach → sisterBeaches → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Operation Neptune → appliesToPart → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach landings

Gold → sisterBeach → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Sword Beach → sisterBeach → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Utah Beach → neighboringLandingBeach → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Operation Overlord → involvedLandingBeaches → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Normandy → landingBeaches → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Carentan-les-Marais → nearbyDdayBeaches → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Overlord → involvedLandingBeach → Omaha Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Overlord

German 352nd Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial → locatedOn → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Calvados department → contains → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Vierville-sur-Mer → locatedOn → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Vierville-sur-Mer → D-DaySector → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Vierville-sur-Mer → hasMemorial → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach monuments

Colleville-sur-Mer → locatedNear → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Colleville-sur-Mer → hasSite → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach sector of the Normandy landings

Colleville-sur-Mer → hasViewOf → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Bayeux → locatedNear → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Calvados → contains → Omaha Beach ⓘ

United States 1st Infantry Division → notableBattle → Omaha Beach ⓘ

United States 29th Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Omaha Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: 29th Infantry Division

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach landing

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → historicallySignificantFor → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach landings

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → locatedOn → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer → beachSectorName → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach (Saint-Laurent sector)

Pointe du Hoc → near → Omaha Beach ⓘ

D-Day landing area → hasPart → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Battle of Carentan → relatedEvent → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach landing

Normandy (administrative region) → contains → Omaha Beach ⓘ

29th Infantry Division (United States) → notableEngagement → Omaha Beach ⓘ

29th Infantry Division (United States) → landingSector → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach Dog Green sector

Garden of the Missing → near → Omaha Beach ⓘ

bronze statue "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves" → locatedNear → Omaha Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves

bronze statue "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves" → associatedWithPlace → Omaha Beach ⓘ

subject surface form: The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach sector of the Normandy landings

D514 road → passesNear → Omaha Beach ⓘ

Bessin → contains → Omaha Beach ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omaha Beach area