Omaha Beach is the name used by the Allies during the Second World War to designate one of the five beaches of the Normandy landing. Assigned to American troops, she is the one where the allies lost the most troops, which earned her the nickname "Bloody Omaha" (Omaha, Bloody).
To visit:
- US military cemetery in Colleville sur Mer (23km from Asnelles) where bodies of 9,388 people rest (see page “Military cemeteries).
- Overlord Museum (22km from Asnelles): A stone's throw from Omaha la plage and opposite the roundabout leading to the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, the Overlord Museum retraces the history of the Second World War from 1935 to the liberation of Paris in 1945, including the Allied landings in Normandy, using a unique collection largely found on Norman soil.
- The Pointe du Hoc (41km from Asnelles): is the name given to a small advance, from the Norman coast in the Manche Sea, located in Calvados. It consists of a cliff 25 to 30 meters high preceded by a needle that advances in the sea and overlooks a pebble beach. The tip is in the town of Cicqueville-en-Bessin. It was the scene of one of the Allied landing operations in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The tip had been fortified by the Germans (WN 751) and, according to Allied air recognitions, was equipped with heavy artillery pieces whose range threatened the two neighboring beaches.
