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Manche
Bayeux
Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer

Map of War – View of Omaha Beach loop from Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer

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France
Manche
Bayeux
Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer

Map of War – View of Omaha Beach loop from Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer

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5.0

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Map of War – View of Omaha Beach loop from Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer

01:31

5.70km

70m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 26, 2026

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513 m

Path through the dunes below the Normandy American Cemetery

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A narrow, sandy path leads through the dunes, below the American military cemetery.

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1.56 km

The 5th Engineer Special Brigade was a special unit of the U.S. Army that played a crucial role in the Normandy landings on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Their primary task was to remove beach obstacles and create paths for the following troops. Despite heavy losses, they managed to remove enough obstacles and build passable paths to allow American troops and equipment to land and leave the exposed beach.

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1.68 km

The 1st Infantry Brigade, better known as the 1st Infantry Division or by its nickname "The Big Red One", is one of the oldest and most famous divisions of the US Army.

The 1st Infantry Division played a central role in the Allied landings in Normandy at Omaha Beach.

The 1st Infantry Division fought its way up the beach under heavy fire, eventually securing strategic points to enable the Allied advance inland.

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2.19 km

These puppets were dropped on parachutes and were intended to simulate airborne operations and irritate the German Wehrmacht. Rupert was a somewhat derogatory name given to "stiff" British officers by Scottish soldiers.

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3.23 km

A large map shows the troop movements during the landing.

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3.26 km

Map of War

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A lot of colorful explanatory work in the period 44

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3.33 km

View of Omaha Beach

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View of the landing beaches of Omaha Beach with information board about troop movements on D-Day.

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3.34 km

The Landing Beaches

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Here the division of the individual landing zones is nicely subdivided

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5.70 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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2.83 km

1.49 km

1.26 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.61 km

2.12 km

569 m

264 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Monday 18 May

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12°C

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