Omaha Beach (D-Day, Operation Neptune)
is really Omaha Beach, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Call of Duty: WWII opens on 6 June 1944 with Red Daniels and the 1st Infantry Division wading ashore at Omaha Beach, and the War Mode map Operation Neptune replays the same assault on the Dog Green sector. The game fills the sand with steel hedgehogs, burning landing craft and bunkers on the bluffs.
The real place
Omaha Beach is a stretch of about 8 km of the Calvados coast between Vierville-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer. It was the bloodiest of the five D-Day beaches, with around 2,400 American casualties on the first day. Today it is a quiet sandy beach; the steel sculpture Les Braves stands on the sand at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, and the Normandy American Cemetery overlooks the eastern end.
Visiting
Come at low tide to see how far the soldiers had to run. Les Braves is easy to find from the beach car park at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, and the American Cemetery at Colleville is a short drive east; check its opening hours before you go.
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