omaha beach

据说每年来到奥马哈海滩纪念二战的中国人屈指可数，可是一定要来到这里看看。你很难想像在这样一个美丽的海滩，几十年前曾被鲜血染红。这里到处可见前来悼念的人，纪念厅的一角不停的播放着阵亡将士的名字，雪白的十字架整齐划一的在草地上。a must see place !

远离了华丽的童话般的巴黎，来到充满英雄史诗色彩的诺曼底海滩。迎面是当年二战时最为至关重要的战场，如今已是荒草丛生，只有几只水鸟，和无边的海。

Out of all the beaches this had the most to offer. There were plenty of bunkers and trenches to explore. My advice is to take a tour with a guide so you know what everything is and where the best places are to go.

Its a humbling experience when you imagine what happened there. A place to reflect and never forget.

It can be easy to miss seeing the Omaha Beach after you have visited the Normandy American Cemetery but this beach is so significant to the battles which took place in 6 June 1944. We were so lucky as the beach was deserted today and when you see the stretch of beach and walk along this historic site you can but be amazed at what took place and how significant the landing was. The Memorial is beautiful, blades of metal sitting in the sand or with the waves lapping at their base. We are forever grateful.

Best visited when no one else about. Early morning or lunchtime is good. Then you get the full impact of the enormity of what the troops achieved on D Day. The beach is huge!!! The memorial is a fitting tribute but the 60th anniversary sculpture "the blades" is truly awesome, particularly on a bright day when the metal picks up the colours of the sea, the sand and the sky.

I visit Normandy in the fall of every year. By then there are no beach-goers on this sacred place. Most of the tourist have come and gone, the perfect time to walk this historic place. You can walk along the shore line listening to the waves, feeling the wind and imaging the horror that was once this place. I like to visit when the tide is low, like it was on D-Day. I walk facing the cliffs overlooking the Omaha Beach and marvel at the courage of those remarkable young American Soldiers who landed here, fought here and died here.

To really grasp the sheer scale of the Normandy landings, then the beaches must be visited. Easily accessible and full of useful information.

If you are in the area, visit and you can take your children and explain to them what it is all about.

Our private tour guide took us to Omaha Beach in Dec 2008. My father landed on Omaha Beach on D Day and survived. The tour guide helped me figure out his army division since he was a medic coming in on the 9th wave of landings. This was very emotional for me and my husband, daughter and son in law. The beach was soo very large since the tide was out, but later that night the tide came in and the beach was very small. Quite dramatic. You could still see the German bunkers and imagine what the allies were up against.

Our brave men sacrificed so much for us here. It was very moving and super interesting to see this place "live,"

A truly touching and haunting experience. Highly recommend to those that wish never to forget. I cycled from Carentan through to Omaha and then onto Bayeux, quite possibly the best experience I've ever had.

I really enjoyed my time at the American war memorial. It made me feel pride and respect for those who lost their lives in the war, Especially those who stormed Omaha beach.

We arrived at low tide and could not believe the distance from the water's edge to the bluffs. It is all clear now but you must walk out the waters edge and look back at the shore. I don't know how anyone made it to the bluffs much less took them.

We had a great visit.Coming from a family of many veterans including WWII, it was very interesting for us to visit this place.It was a cold day in winter, (January 4th) and we didn’t see a lot of people walking around, it was very cold and wet and apparently they don’t get a lot of visitors this time of the year.We went to the 2 PM English tour and we were the only ones, the guide was Mr. Anthony Lewis (an ex pat Brit, who now lives in Normandy) ,he was very knowledgeable of the events and the personal stories of these brave heroes and their families, he humanized the events and the actors who were involved in this great enterprise and facts surrounding the final moments of these brave men who with their families paid the ultimate price for our freedom and that our allies. It was very emotional to hear of the real people, families and individuals, that have been part of the stories (some of whom he has met personally) of the heroes buried in this beautiful place.Stories about the brothers, father and son, cousins, the women, long lost husbands, the missing and found… all the stories are amazing and Mr. Lewis made them real and personal.It was a great visit thanks to a great guide, and I will never forget this visit and this place.Thank you for guarding and preserving this hallowed ground and its souls.Ricardo Mejia Gennette Tripari