English Explanatory Dictionary

Omaha Beach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Word forms

Omaha Beach

Etymology

Likely coined in 1944 by American general Omar Bradley.

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