Nearly eight kilometres of beach, a long strip of sand, Omaha Beach, known as La Sanglante, was the scene of devastating fighting for the allies of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944, when the sacrifice of young Americans cost the lives of 1,500 soldiers and 2,500 wounded or missing..//SICCOLIPATRICK_siccoli0007/Credit:SICCOLI PATRICK/SIPA/2403221316