Utah Beach
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely coined in 1944 by American general Omar Bradley.
Proper noun
[edit]- The westernmost amphibious invasion zone in coastal Normandy during the D-Day invasions.
- 2023 June 6, Catherine Porter, “D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 6, 2023[2]:
- 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.
