France Normandy

Omaha Beach: the landing beach today

2017
11/26
NIKON D810, 24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0 @ f/8.0 1/160, ISO 64
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Omaha Beach as it appears today, with the houses of Vierville-sur-Mer village in the background. This stretch of golden sand was the scene of the bloodiest battle of D-Day, where the 1st and 29th US Infantry Divisions suffered over 2,000 casualties in the first hours of the landing.

Omaha Beach today, landing beach, Vierville-sur-Mer, D-Day Normandy, golden sand