D-day Normandy
ARROMANCHES ARTIFICIAL HARBOUR
"As we have no harbour at our disposal, we shall bring ours." With these words, Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten made Arromanches and its artificial harbour part of the great history of the Allied landings of June 6th 1944, which were to liberate Europe and the world. [...]
ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS
Batterie Allemande de Longues-sur-Mer
The German gun battery of Longues-sur-Mer formed a key part of the Atlantic Wall and remains one of the most spectacular sites along the D-Day Beaches. Consisting of 4 pillboxes - which today still house the original guns - the coastal defence battery played a highly strategic role on 6 June 1944. [...]
LONGUES-SUR-MER
Cimetière Militaire Britannique
Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest World War II Commonwealth military cemetery in France. 4,144 members of the Commonwealth forces rest there. Opposite it, the Bayeux Memorial honours the memory of over 1,800 men who went missing in the summer of 1944. [...]
BAYEUX
Batterie de Maisy
This German battery was an integral part of a military sector covering Utah and Omaha Beaches. The 5th and 2nd US Ranger Battalion's final attack on 9 June 1944 lasted 5 long hours. Visit 3km of trenches, tunnels and six 155mm artillery platforms. [...]
GRANDCAMP-MAISY
MÉMORIAL BRITANNIQUE DE VER-SUR-MER
VER-SUR-MER BRITISH MEMORIAL Overlooking the iconic Gold Beach, the British Memorial honours the 22,442 Commonwealth soldiers who lost their lives during the D-Day landings on June 6th 1944 and the Battle of Normandy. [...]
VER-SUR-MER
Normandy American Cemetery
This 70ha cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach. 9387 soldiers who fell during the Normandy Campaign rest in peace here. The Chapel, Memorial and Wall of the Missing honour their memory. [...]
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER
Cimetière Militaire Allemand
The 7.5 hectare site is one of six World War II German military cemeteries in Normandy. Almost 21,300 German soldiers who lost their lives in Normandy rest here. [...]
LA CAMBE
Site de la Pointe du Hoc
Pointe du Hoc was a strategic site in the German fortifications on the Normandy coast that was attacked by Colonel Rudder's 2nd Ranger Battalion on the morning of 6 June 1944. The site stands 30m above the sea with remnants of the German artillery battery. [...]
CRICQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN
Cimetière Militaire Canadien
There are 2049 graves at the Bény-sur-Mer cemetery in Reviers including 3 British soldiers, a British pilot and a French soldier. Most of the men buried in the cemetery were in the 3rd Canadian Division. [...]
BENY-SUR-MER