Meanings
proper noun
- A beach in the hamlet of La Madeleine, commune of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche department, Normandy, France; the westernmost amphibious invasion zone during the D-Day invasions.
The farthest west of the five D-Day beaches, Utah Beach was quickly conquered by American soldiers who then pushed inland to the central square of Ste.-Marie-du-Mont, where American paratroopers — dropped in the night by plane — were already battling German soldiers.
2023 June 6, Catherine Porter, “D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023
Origin
Likely coined in 1944 by American general Omar Bradley.
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APA
Utah Beach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Utah%20Beach
MLA
“Utah Beach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Utah%20Beach. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Utah Beach,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Utah%20Beach.
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