Etymology

Omaha Beach

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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The story

Likely coined in 1944 by American general Omar Bradley.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.