History glossary
Omaha Beach
the American D-Day beach where strong German defenses caused especially heavy casualties.
- Category
- Landing beach
- Region
- Normandy, France
- Date range
- 1944
What it means
Omaha Beach was the American landing sector where surviving German defenses, difficult terrain, and disrupted assault waves produced the heaviest casualties of the D-Day beaches before attackers fought their way inland.
Stories using this term
D-Day and the Liberation of Europe
From Operation Overlord to the Rhine crossing, this story traces how the western Allies opened a decisive front, liberated occupied Europe, and helped defeat Nazi Germany.
The Second World War
From fragile peace to global war, WWII reshaped the world through conflict, genocide, and new power orders.
