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Omaha Beach
U.S. infantrymen wading from their landing craft toward Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
During the Normandy Invasion of World War II, Omaha Beach was located on the northern coast of France, in the west-central part of the Normandy beaches, northwest of Bayeux.12
The beach stretched over 10 km (6 miles) between the fishing port of Port-en-Bessin to the east and the mouth of the Vire River to the west. It was the second landing area from the west among the five designated Allied invasion beaches. The site was characterized by a sand and shingle shoreline overlooked by 30-metre-high cliffs, which were heavily fortified by German defensive positions.3