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Cimetière militaire polonais, Polish war cemetery, Urville

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This cemetery was inaugurate in october 1946 with 615 tomb of polish soldier. 

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Those soldiers were members of the 1st DPB and fight for liberation of France in July 1944 for the first time.The objective was to take back the Normandy and they did it 'cause they liberate many communes, the 15 to 18 August 1944 and had to wait reinforcement(with soldier allemandes). During the fight of Normandy, the 1st DPB lost 2000 men; Next, they participate to the liberation of north of France, Belgium, south of Holland and Germany.The Polish military cemetery is one of 7 foreign military cemeteries in France maintained by the French state and is the only Polish World War II necropolis in France for the fighting following the 1944 landings.

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Omaha Beach was one of the primary landing sites for the Allied forces during D-Day that occured on June 6th, 1944. Thousands of soldiers faced intense resistance but played a crucial role in liberating France. Taking Omaha was to be the responsibility of United States Army troops, with sea transport, and a naval bombardment force provided predominantly by the United States Navies and Coast Guard, with contributions from the British, Canadian and Free French navies. Today, the beach is a solemn reminder of their bravery. Moreover, Omaha Beach is now a protected historic site (classified in 2006). The beach remains a place of reflection, visited by millions who come to honor the sacrifice made for the liberation of Europe.

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The “6 June 1944: Pegasus Bridge Operation” site is located in Bénouville, Normandy, France, near the Caen Canal.
This historic place commemorates the British airborne operation carried out during the first minutes of D-Day.
Visitors can see Pegasus Bridge, memorials, and nearby exhibits explaining how British paratroopers captured the bridge to secure the eastern flank of the landings.
The site highlights the bravery, precision, and importance of this mission in the success of D-Day.

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June 1944: Arromanches and the Mulberry Harbors

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June 1944: Arromanches and the Mulberry Harbors

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Arromanches was the site of the Mulberry Harbors, an artificial port that enabled the Allies to bring in supplies after D-Day. Remnants of the harbor can still be seen today.The Mulberry harbours were two temporary portable harbours developed by the British Admiralty and War Office during the Second World War to facilitate the rapid offloading of cargo onto beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. They were designed in 1942 then built in under a year in great secrecy; within hours of the Allies creating beachheads after D-Day, sections of the two prefabricated harbours were towed across the English Channel from southern England and placed in position off Omaha Beach and Gold Beach along with old ships to be sunk as breakwaters.The Mulberry harbours solved the problem of needing deepwater jetties and a harbour to provide the invasion force with the necessary reinforcements and supplies, and were to be used until major French ports could be captured and brought back into use after repair of the inevitable sabotage by German defenders.

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On June 6th 1944, during the operation "Overlord", ordered by the Lieutenant-Colonel James Earl Rudder (Commander of the second battalion of U.S Rangers), 225 soldiers from U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc to neutralize German artillery threatening the D-Day landings. It was a very strategical position situated between Utah's Beach at West and Omaha's Beach at East. The site now features a memorial and preserved bunkers.

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The Juno Beach landings took place on 6 June 1944 as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy and were the responsibility of Canadian forces, supported by British naval and air units. Juno Beach lay between Gold Beach to the west and Sword Beach to the east, stretching along the coast in front of towns such as Courseulles-sur-Mer, Bernières-sur-Mer, and Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer.

The assault was carried out mainly by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, who faced strong German defenses including concrete bunkers, machine-gun nests, mines, and beach obstacles. Rough seas delayed the landings and reduced initial bombardment effectiveness, leading to heavy casualties in the first waves, particularly in built-up seaside towns where German positions were well protected.

Despite these difficulties, Canadian troops broke through the defenses by late morning and pushed inland. By the end of D-Day, they had advanced farther than any other Allied force, although their final objective of reaching the Caen–Bayeux road was not fully achieved. The landings at Juno Beach were costly but successful, with about 1,200 Canadian casualties, including roughly 350 killed.

The success of Juno Beach was crucial to securing the Allied foothold in Normandy and linking British and Canadian forces across the eastern sector. Today, the beach and nearby towns are central to remembrance of Canada’s role in the liberation of Europe, particularly at sites such as the Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer.

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Sword Beach was a key landing zone for the British forces. This beach marked the easternmost point of the Allied invasion on D-Day. This is the only one of the five landing beaches where French commandos landed. 2,400 people were killed on Sword Beach on D-Day. The progress of soldiers that had landed there towards Caen was halted by the only armoured counter-attack of the day, mounted by the 21st Panzer Division.

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The Battle for Caen occured between June and August 1944. It was a military engagement between the British Second Army and the German.

The battle resulted in heavy fighting and significant destruction, but liberation followed.

The city of Caen was a central objective in the Allied advance after D-Day: the communication links made it an important operational objectives.

Caen and the land south of it are much flatter and more open than the hedgerow-filled countryside in western Normandy. Because of this, Allied air commanders wanted the area taken quickly so they could build airfields and bring more aircraft into France.

Today, Caen is home to one of Europe’s most important WWII museums: the Mémorial de Caen.

Moreover, in fact, the British War Cemetery in Caen is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in France from WWII.

There are also German and Canadian cemeteries nearby, showing the multinational impact of the battle.

These sites are quiet, powerful reminders of the human cost of the conflict.

Some monuments such as the Château de Caen and the Abbaye aux Hommes survived the bombings and now stand as symbols of resilience.

Those monument gives the city a tangible link to its pre‑war and its commemorative identity along to today.

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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial; Colleville-sur-Mer

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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial; Colleville-sur-Mer

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This cemetery honors the American troops who lost their lives during the Normandy Campaign. It is a solemn site with rows of white crosses overlooking Omaha Beach. It is the largest cemetery in France as it hosts 9,837 dead american soldiers. It was inaugurated on July 18, 1956, to commemorate the lives lost in the liberation of France from the German occupation. Therefore, it celebrates and represents the friendship between the USA and France. Volunteers of Normandy tourism propose visits and maintains regulary the graves

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20th-21st May 1940: The German bombardment of Le Havre; the town fell on 13th June 1940, under German's occupation.

5th/6th -13th September 1944: The British bombingt of Le Havre; This harbour is one of the strategic point for the Axe and the allies. To free the Normandy, The British bombed the entire city to destroy German bases and resources. The bombardment destroyed 75% of the town and 3,000 civilians died under the bombs. The town was liberated from the Germanss marking the end of the war in Normandy.

Since it, a war memorial is located in the downtown of Le Havre, considered as one of the most imposing war memorial in France

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The Battle of Cherbourg began on June 6, 1944 and ended with the liberation of the town on June 27.

Cherbourg was a strategic port for the transport of weapons, ammunition and fuel. The ferry terminal played a major role there. The Germans mined and sabotaged the outer harbor, delaying the Allied advance.

Twice as many Allied soldiers were killed as German soldiers (7,000).

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From June 10 to 12, 1940, the “Battle of Saint Valery” took place: bombarded by the German army, the Franco-British troops were surrounded, including 46.000 French and 8.000 British. During the two-day siege, 4.000 French and 1.000 British soldiers died in battle, while the hard-hit town center was almost completely destroyed.

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On the 30th of June 1940, the Channel Islands were being occupied by the nazis. On the 8 May 1945 at 10:00 the islanders were informed by the German authorities that the war was over. The following morning, 9th of may 1945, British forces arrived and the Germans surrendered unconditionnally. During occupation, Many operations from Britain to take back the islands were attempted but it was never a success.

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Between April 11, 1941 and October 8, 1942, the Nazis, with the help of the French authorities, decided to intern 36 people from two different families of Circassians and nomads in a former iron mine. The families suffered and were exposed in another camp on October 8, 1942 at the Barenton camp lock. A stele was inaugurated in memory of the families forcibly interned on October 11, 2008 on part of the former site. The goal is to commemorate what happened there, the suffering of the victims, and not to forget that the French state is responsible.

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Alderney, wich was taken to be part of the Atlantic Wall, is also known as Hitler's fortress. January 1941 : the work camps opens on the island of Alderney; Borkum and Heligoland camps for "volunteers", the labourers in those camps were treated harshly but better than the inmates at the Sylt and Norderney camps. Norderney (Ukrainian, Polish, Russian and Spanish labourers) and Sylk (Jews) camps were concentration camps. More than 700 inmates lost their lives.

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This town was heavily occupied during WW2, it quickly became home to an administrative center for the germans. They had also built an aerodrome on the plateau of Triqueville. The town sufferd through multiple bombings, though, when the germans comitted their worst bombing on this city on the 17th of august of 1944, the heavy fog made the bombers drop the bombs blindly. So thanks to the lack of visibility and poor communication the bombs fell in the west neighborhood of the city wich allowed the historical center of the city to be preserved (harbour, rue Notre-Dame-du-Pré, place Louis-Gillain)

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Canadian Memorial, square du Canada, Dieppe

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Canadian Memorial, square du Canada, Dieppe

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The Canadian Memorial at the Square du Canada is a World War II monument in the historic coastal town of Dieppe, in Normandy, France. It stands in a small park at the western end of the boulevard, commemorating the close ties between Dieppe and Canada and honoring the Canadian soldiers involved in the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942 and other shared chapters of history. The memorial park includes also a commemorative stele with inscriptions about Dieppe–Canada relations.

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A-13 Forward Airfield Monument Vaucelles

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A-13 Forward Airfield Monument Vaucelles

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Monument commemorating the establishment of the A-13 forward airfield in Tour-en-Bessin. In fact, The United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 12 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France.

Construction of Advanced Landing Ground A-13 began on Wednesday, July 12, 1944, and was completed on Friday, July 28, 1944.

The land was returned to its owners at the beginning of December 1944.

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The Café Gondrée, renamed the Pegasus Bridge Café in 1945, is located in Bénouville, Normandy, France, next to Pegasus Bridge.
It is famous for being the first house liberated on D-Day, shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944.
Visitors can discover a café filled with photographs, memorabilia, and personal stories linked to British airborne soldiers.
This historic place combines remembrance with daily life and symbolizes the beginning of the Liberation of France.

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The Memorial "The Flame":

This site was inaugurated the 6th june of 1984 by the French president François Mitterand. The flame monument symbolizes the landing on the 6th June 1944. The name of the 177 marins riflemen of the Kieffer commando that have landed on Sword Beach at Ouistreham, are engraved. There are also ten tombs that are bearing the names of soldiers who died at Ouistreham, the 10th june 1944.

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This place is famous by the hanging of John Steel who was an american soldier. The night between the 5th and 6th June, american soldiers from the 82nd Airborne came by plane and parachuts to Sainte-Mère-Église to struggle against German soldiers. It was a mistake because the city was burning and some american soldiers died. John Steel got stuck for 2h at the top of the church.

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Arromanches is remembered as a historic site of the Normandy landings, and in particular as the place where the Mulberry harbour was installed. This artificial harbor allowed the landing of 9,000 tons of material per day.

It was on the beach of Arromanches that, during the Invasion of Normandy immediately after D-Day, the Allies established an artificial temporary harbour to allow the unloading of heavy equipment without waiting for the conquest of deep water ports such as Le Havre or Cherbourg.

Today, the remains of the Mulberry Harbour are still visible in the sea and on the beach, especially at low tide, making Arromanches one of the few places where visitors can see physical evidence of this extraordinary wartime engineering project. The town is home to the Musée du Débarquement, which explains how the artificial harbour was designed and operated, and to the 360-degree Circular Cinema on the clifftop, which shows archival footage of the Battle of Normandy in an immersive format.
Although much of Arromanches was heavily damaged during the fighting in 1944 and rebuilt after the war, it has retained a strong connection to its history while also functioning as a peaceful seaside resort. Today it combines beaches, cafés, and coastal walks with remembrance and education, offering one of the clearest ways to understand how logistics, engineering, and planning were just as vital to D-Day as the fighting itself.

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Saint-Lô was a crossroads city in Normandy during the World War II, especially in 1944 during the Battle of Normandy. After D-Day, the citys was heavily bombed by the Allies on June 6 and 7, destroying 95% of it and killing many civilians. Knows as "The Capital of Ruins", it became a symbol of destruction. In July 1944, there were fierce battles between the Germans and Americans. The Americans freed the city on July 18, wich allowed them to start Operation Cobra, a major attack to move south.

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The 31st July 1944 was the liberation of Granville by the general Patton's army. After the call of Charles De Gaulle on June 1940, a boat with 24 year-old young boys went to Channel Islands to gather Free France and overseas territories. The stone represents the boat mast, and the cross is the Lorraine Cross.

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This operation took place from August 12 to 21, 1944, in an area between the four Norman towns of Trun, Argentan, Vimoutiers, and Chambois, ending near Falaise.

The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a strategic victory for the Allies. Confined to Normandy for two months, they finally pushed their forces towards the Seine, Paris, and northern France. 25 800 people were killed.

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Mémorial de Caen, Esplanade Général Eisenhower, Caen

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Mémorial de Caen, Esplanade Général Eisenhower, Caen

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Mémorial de Caen, Esplanade Général Eisenhower, Caen

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Caen, a martyred city during the Liberation (20,000 Normans died, a third of all French civilians killed during the Second World War), deserved a tribute commensurate with its suffering. The Memorial has become one of the most important centres for contemporary history in Europe. You will find here a collection of objects dating from the Second World War, numerous archives, a photo library... all at the service of knowledge of the 20th century's history.

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Mémorial Pégasus, Avenue Major John Howard, Ranville

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Mémorial Pégasus, Avenue Major John Howard, Ranville

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Mémorial Pégasus, Avenue Major John Howard, Ranville

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The Pegasus Memorial is a museum that traces the actions of the British 6th Airborne Division during the Allies landings on June 6, 1944. It is located in the French commune of Ranville (Calvados), near the British military cemetery in Ranville.

This Aiborne Division has been the first group of soldiers who capture the Caen canal and Orne river's bridges the 6 of June 1944. In memorial's gardens, there is replica of their Horsa Glider.

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Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, Avenue du 6 Juin, Ouistreham

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Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, Avenue du 6 Juin, Ouistreham

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Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, Avenue du 6 Juin, Ouistreham

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The Grand Bunker of the former Poste de Commandement et de Direction de Tir has been completely renovated to house a museum entirely dedicated to this wall. This 5 storeys blockhouse, which housed the nerve center of the Orne estuary's defence command, has been opened to the public to bear witness of the effects of the Second World War.

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Musée et site de la Batterie de Merville, Merville-Franceville-Plage

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Musée et site de la Batterie de Merville, Merville-Franceville-Plage

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Musée et site de la Batterie de Merville, Merville-Franceville-Plage

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The battery is an open air museum with estored casemates and interactive exhibitions. There's a Douglas C-47, immersive battle reconstructions and historical documents that pay tribute to the paratroopers and the victims. It's an essential place for understanding the role played by the 9th battalion of British paratroopers.

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Memorial de Montormel, Les Hayettes, Mont-Ormel

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Montormel Memorial, Les Hayettes, Mont-Ormel

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Montormel Memorial, Les Hayettes, Mont-Ormel

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The Mont-Ormel Memorial, located in Les Hayettes , remembers the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in august 1944 during World War II. This battle marked the end of the German retreat from Normandy, heavy losses for the German army. Over 10,000 German soldiers were killed, and thousands more were captured. The memorial is there because it was the site of the final battle that closed the pocket, stopping the German escape. The goal of the memorial is to honor the soldiers who fought and died there and to educate future generations about the importance of this event in liberating France.

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On June 6th 1944, the 82nd and 101st Airborne parachutes in Sainte-Mère-Eglise. The takeover of this village was very important because it would cut the Cotentin and free Cherbourg, one of the main objective of the landing. The Airborne troops were dropped behind enemy lines to secure roads and bridges, block German reinforcements and protect the beach landings. In this museum there are many objects from soldiers and you can learn more about this day. The museum honors their roles and explains how dangerous and decisive these airborne missions were. These missions were very immersive and emotional and something very iconic happened here during the war. A parachutist got stuck on the church steeple of Sainte-Mère-Eglise during the drop and became a symbol of D-Day and is still remembered until today.

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Musée de la Libération, Montée des Résistants, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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The museum liberation celebrate the era of 26th of June 1944. In the summer 1944, Cherbourg's port become a very strategic place to take back from german forces. Endeed, this site allow the sourcing of european troops. It retrace the capture of the port by the Américans after heavy fights. It is situated in the Fort du Roule. Inside this museum, you will see exhibits that cover the life under German occupation, the progress of Allied offensive in the contentin peninsula and the battle of Cherbourg, and interactive displays explaining the importance of Cherbourg in 1944-1945.

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Musée de la Bataille de Tilly-sur-Seulles 1944, Rue du 18 Juin 1944, Tilly-sur-Seulles

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Musée de la Bataille de Tilly-sur-Seulles 1944, Rue du 18 Juin 1944, Tilly-sur-Seulles

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Musée de la Bataille de Tilly-sur-Seulles 1944, Rue du 18 Juin 1944, Tilly-sur-Seulles

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Installed in an old 13th century church, this museum highlights the battle of Tilly which took place from the 7th and the 9th of June 1944 between the 30th British corps and the Germans. The village of Tilly got conquered 23 times before being definetly freed. 70% of the village got destroyed 1 citizen out of 10 got killed and in this period 200 British soldiers were killed every day.

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The landing museum, located at PLace 6 Juin, 14117 Arromanches-Les-Bains, showcases the Mulberry artificial harbour. It was essential to the success of the Allied landings because it ensuring that Allied troops on the front line were continuously supplied. Managed by the local council, the museum, wich was renovated in 2023, features immersive exhibitions recounting the stategic role of the harbour.

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Musée du Débarquement de Utah Beach, La Madeleine, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

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Utah Beach Landing Museum, La Madeleine, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

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Utah Beach Landing Museum, La Madeleine, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

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Built on the very spot where American troops landed on June 6 1944, the Utah Beach Landing Museum tells the story of this date in ten sequences from its preparation to its successful conclusion.

Utah Beach was the first beach to be stormed by the Allies on the morning of June 6 1944. It was estbalished to be the landing head in the Cotentin in order to capture the town of Cherbourg and its deep water port.

At the end of the day, more than 23,000 American soldiers had landed to fight a huge battle and liberate France. Today, the Utah Beach Landing Museum preserves the memory of these men. Utah Beach was the first beach assault by the Allies.

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D-Day Experience, Vierge de l'Amont, Carentan-les-Marais

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D-Day Experience, Vierge de l'Amont, Carentan-les-Marais

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D-Day Experience, Vierge de l'Amont, Carentan-les-Marais

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The D-DAY Experience Museum, a unique immersive museum in Normandy to discover the D-Day landings during the Second World War. It is a private museum.

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Station Radar 44 - Musée Franco-Allemand du Radar, D83, Douvres-la-Délivrande

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Station Radar 44 - Musée Franco-Allemand du Radar, D83, Douvres-la-Délivrande

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Station Radar 44 - Musée Franco-Allemand du Radar, D83, Douvres-la-Délivrande

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The Battle of Douvres Radar Station was a military engagement of the invasion of Normandy, that took place on 17 June 1944. The radar had been destroyed on the first day and Allied troops had bypassed the site moving further inland.

Würzburg-Riese radar permitted to follow planes up to 60km with his 7,5 meters parable. This site contains two rehabilitated bunkers that depict the life of the soldiers who were stationned in the atlantic wall.

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Musée de la Bataille de Normandie, Boulevard Fabian Ware, Bayeux

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Musée de la Bataille de Normandie, Boulevard Fabian Ware, Bayeux

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Musée de la Bataille de Normandie, Boulevard Fabian Ware, Bayeux

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This museum retraces the 77 days of fighting in the battle of Normandy from June 7th to August 29th 1944. Inaugurated on July 14th 1981, it's located right next to the British military cemetery. It is managed by the city of Bayeux.

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Cimetière Allemand, Les Noires Terres, La Cambe

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German cemetery, Les Noires Terres, La Cambe

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German cemetery, Les Noires Terres, La Cambe

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A German cemetery from WW2 in La Cambe. 21 222 soldiers who have fallen during the battle of Normandy are buried there. It's the largest German cemetery in Normandy. It's located close to Omaha beach. At the center of the graveyard is a 5 meters cross representing 207 unknown soldiers and 89 known soldiers. The German cemetery at La Cambe carries an atmosphere that is markedly different from the bright, orderly expanses of the American cemetery with an immense sense of tragedy by its dark colours and its heavy and reflective past.

Some 1200 maples were planted as a peace symbol. they were each financed by a differents contributors coming from various countries.

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Orglandes German cemetery was created the 20th of June 1944 during the Battle of Nomandy because of the death of German soldiers. There are 10.152 soldiers who rest here. Below each stone cross, there is 4 or 5 bodys group. The cemetery is maintained and cared for by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (the German War Graves Commission).

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Cimetière militaire canadien de Bretteville-sur-Laize, N158, Cintheaux

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Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Bretteville-sur-Laize, N158, Cintheaux

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Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Bretteville-sur-Laize, N158, Cintheaux

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This cemetery was created by the France for Canadian soldiers who had been temporarily buried in smaller plots close to where they fell. the cemetetery is occupied by 2958 burials mostly Canadian. the most part of dead in the cemetery were killed during the battle for the Falaise Pocket in August 1944 or in July 1944 around Saint-André-sur-Orne. At the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2,500 volunteers inspect scattered gravestones, organize conferences and tours, and work on cemetery archives for visitors.

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Cimetière militaire canadien de Dieppe., Rue des 4 Vents, Hautot-sur-Mer

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Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Rue des 4 Vents, Hautot-sur-Mer

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Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Rue des 4 Vents, Hautot-sur-Mer

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The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery (also known as the Cimetière canadien des Vertus) is a solemn World War II military cemetery in Hautot-sur-Mer, Normandy (postal code 76550). It commemorates the Allied soldiers — especially Canadians — who died during the Dieppe Raid (Operation Jubilee) on 19 August 1942, and in other actions in the region. The site is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and contains nearly a thousand graves arranged in orderly rows, creating a powerful and respectful place of remembrance.

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The Azeville battery was one of the first constructions of the Atlantic Wall in France, enabling the Germans to defend themselves. The battery was heavily bombed on 9 June 1944 and fell to the Americans the same day. Today, this fortress is a site where you can explore 350 metres of underground passageways and discover the architecture of the blockhouses.

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The shooting battery of Crasville were a part of the Atlantic wall build by the Germans as a protection wall against an Allies' landing.

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Batterie du Roule, Montée des Résistants, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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Roule Battery, Montée des Résistants, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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Roule Battery, Montée des Résistants, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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Roule's batteries were dug into the Roule mountain in 1928 to stock french munitions. But when the city was occupied by the germans in 1940, they expanded the tunnels and built shelters and a huge cannon. With the Roule fort at the top of the mountain, the fortress imposed its power. But at the 25th june 1944, the 79th American infantry divison attacked and took the gallerie back. After the war was finished, this piece of history stayed abandonned until 1954 when they were opened to public after being classified as historical monument in 1995.

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The launch site of Brix was the perfect place for the implantation of one of the launch site for the intercontinental missile V1 and V2. The Germans decided to put them in the Cotentin to shoot easily the English metropolis. It became a memorial site because it was the lAdolf Hitler last plan to bomb the UK.

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The Val Ygot V1 launch base is a memorial to the bombing operations carried out by the German army during the Second World War. Built in 1943 on a 3-hectare site, it comprises 13 buildings: shelters, workshops and a launch pad, restored and maintained by an association of dynamic volunteers keen to bear witness to the site's military past.

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Motteville had a V1 missile launch base built by the Germans in 1943. This base was finished but never use to fire missiles. It was aimed at Southampton and included a firing bunker, a storage bunker, and a launch ramp. On August 30, 1944, British and Canadian troops freed the town. Today, the V1 base is well preserved thanks to a local heritage association. Visitors can see it and learn about its history. There are events with costumes and military equipement to show how it looked during the war. The site is now an important place for history and tourism.

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Bény Sur Mer Cimetière Canadien, D35, Reviers

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Bény Sur Mer Cimetière Canadien, D35, Reviers

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Bény Sur Mer Cimetière Canadien, D35, Reviers

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This cemetery, originally temporary but later made permanent, housed the bodies of soldiers who fell near this place. It countains 2.049 graves, mainly Canadians (with 15 Canadian airmen) of the 3rd Canadian Division. They were killed in June and early July 1944 during the Battle of Caen and on D-Day at Juno Beach. Canadian prisoners of war executed by the SS-Panzer Hitlerjugend at Ardenne Abbey are also buried in this cemetery. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with the help of volunteers takes care of the graves, and propose tours to share the story of these soldiers and encourage tourists to remember their history.

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Cimetière Britannique d'Hermanville Sur Mer, Rue du Cimetière Anglais, Hermanville-sur-Mer

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Cimetière Britannique d'Hermanville Sur Mer, Rue du Cimetière Anglais, Hermanville-sur-Mer

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Cimetière Britannique d'Hermanville Sur Mer, Rue du Cimetière Anglais, Hermanville-sur-Mer

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The Cimetière Britannique d’Hermanville-sur-Mer, also known as the Hermanville War Cemetery, is a Commonwealth military cemetery located just inland from Sword Beach in Normandy. It was established shortly after D-Day, 6 June 1944, by British forces as fighting continued in the area during the Battle of Normandy.

The cemetery contains 1,005 graves, the majority belonging to British soldiers, with others from Canada and a small number of German war dead. Most of those buried here were killed during the landings on Sword Beach or in the heavy fighting that followed as Allied troops advanced inland toward Caen.

Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the cemetery follows the traditional CWGC design, with uniform white headstones, a Cross of Sacrifice, and carefully landscaped grounds. Many headstones include personal inscriptions chosen by families, adding a deeply human dimension to the site.

Today, the cemetery is a quiet and reflective place of remembrance that highlights the cost of the Normandy campaign and the sacrifices made during the liberation of France. Its proximity to Sword Beach makes it an important stop for visitors exploring the eastern D-Day landing areas.

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The cemetery is on the D.6, 9 kilometres south-east of Bayeux, close to the commune of Choain.The cemetery was designed by Philip D. Hepworth in 1944, there are 48 burials: 46 British, 1 Czech and 1 unknown .The majority of soldiers who was buried here were killed in June and July 1944 as the Allies pushed south of Bayeux and then south-west to encircle Caen. Many casualties were involved in fighting around Tilly-sur-Seulles. This cemetery was the first Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in France to have a Cross of Sacrifice erected.The graveyard has two chaplains interred in it; Reverend Cecil James Hawksworth and Reverend Gerard Nesbit and the grave of the youngest British soldier killed in Normandy, 16-year-old Private Jack Banks of the Durham Light Infantry.

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This is a British cemetry, located in Ranville, this is a memorial site of the landing of the allies. The cemetry contains soldiers killed during the battle of Normandy, much of them were part of the 6th Airborne Division. The cemetry contains 2,236 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 90 of them unidentified. Each soldier is honored by a rectangular stele in white stone on which appears: the emblem of his regiment; his number ; his number: his rank:

his name (or the mention “known unto God”); his unit.

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Location information

Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on rue du Comte Louis de Rohan Chabot.

Visiting information

ARRIVAL

The route to the Cemetery is signposted.

PARKING

It is possible to park in front of the main entrance in a lay-by at the side of the road or in a large car park across the road from the cemetery (behind a stone windmill), approximately 60 metres from the entrance.

There are two accessible parking bays located at the far end of the cemetery at the junction of the main road (Rue du Compte Louis de Rohan Chabot and Rue Abbe Brunnin), immediately in front of an opening in the hedge leading into the cemetery.

There is also parking close to the village church, 75 metres north of the entrance.

There is a pedestrian road crossing two metres from the main entrance. This can be used to cross the main road from the car park, on Rue de la Brigade Piron.

ACCESS LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE

The main entrance is marked by a large stone archway. There is single stone step leading up from the paving in front of the entrance to the main gate. A two-section gate, 1.5 metres wide opens inwards into the cemetery, with the right leaf opened with a latch located on the top of the gate.

The Register Box is located inside the Entrance Arch, along with stone benches on either side.

The Cross of Sacrifice is in the centre of the cemetery.

A long pergola covered with flowers and plants runs across the middle of the cemetery, with stone pathways running the entire length.

All the internal paths are grass, the ground surface is flat and firm.

There is a shelter at the rear of the cemetery, behind the Stone of Remembrance, with internal seating, as well as external seating on either side facing into the cemetery.

There is a stone seating area located on the right side of the cemetery, along the boundary wall, towards the rear of the cemetery. There are timber benches located along the inside boundary wall adjacent to the communal cemetery and along the inside of the front boundary wall.

ALTERNATIVE ACCESS

There is an alternative entrance into the cemetery on the left-hand side, approximately 70 metres south of the main entrance.

For access through the alternative entrance, follow a grass path along the hedge line to the far end of the of the cemetery. The ground is flat and firm.

Access is through a wide gap of approximately 2 metres, between a green mesh fence and a mid-height (Chest height) hedge. The ground surface is grass and is firm and level.

There is also an opening in the wall, approximately 1.5 metres wide, leading into the cemetery from the adjacent Ranville Civil Cemetery on the northern boundary wall.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The cemetery is permanently open.

History information

The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.

Ranville was the first village to be liberated in France when the bridge over the Caen Canal was captured intact in the early hours of 6 June by troops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were landed nearby by parachute and glider. Many of the division's casualties are buried in Ranville War Cemetery and the adjoining churchyard.

The CEMETERY contains 2,236 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 90 of them unidentified. There are also 323 German graves and a few burials of other nationalities.

The CHURCHYARD contains 47 Commonwealth burials, one of which is unidentified, and one German grave.

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Ranville War Cemetery | Cemetery Details | CWGC

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Do you want to learn more about Ranville War Cemetery? Visit CWGC for its history, location maps, visitor information, and war dead casualty details.

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La Délivrande war cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 943 commonwealth war graves and 180 German war graves. The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and the following weeks as the Allies advanced south towards Caen. There are a number of burials of soldiers killed on Sword Beach – especially from the sectors Oboe and Peter.

The cemetery has a number of double headstones marked with "BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT". The germans installed two radar sites near the village. Just before the D-Day the allies bomb the two sites destroying partially the radars. When the city got conquested by the allies the radar sites resisted. After bypassing the site the allies attacked with tanks and soldiers and after some resistance the 200 germans surrendered.

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Ryes British War Cemetery, Bazenville, D87, Bazenville

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Ryes British War Cemetery, Bazenville, D87, Bazenville

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Ryes British War Cemetery, Bazenville, D87, Bazenville

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Ryes War Cemetery, near Bazenville in Normandy, contains 653 Commonwealth graves, one Polish grave, and 335 German graves from the Second World War.A total of 988 burials rest in this cemetery. It is maintained Established after D-Day, it includes soldiers from the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, Royal Navy, and merchant navy. Brothers Joseph and Robert Casson are buried side by side, along with footballer Les Milner. This cemetery was created as soon as the first soldiers fell on the D-Day. It was temporary at first, and became permanent. A lot of soldiers came to Bazenville, to go to the hospital, before died here because of their fatal injuries. A lot of volunteers work hard on this cemetery to taking care of the graves, orgonize visits...

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St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Route de Saint-Manvieu, Brouay

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St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Route de Saint-Manvieu, Brouay

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St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Route de Saint-Manvieu, Brouay

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Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France it contains 1,627 Commonwealth war graves and 555 German war graves. Most of the soldiers buried here are from the battles between Tilly sur Seulles and Caen.

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Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery is a British World War II cemetery in France, situated 15 km southwest of Bayeux, Normandy. It holds the graves of 1,005 Commonwealth soldiers and 132 German soldiers. They died during the battles to encircle Caen and were involved in fighting around Tilly-sur-Seulle.

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The Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery is a cemetary of soldiers of the Commonwealth (mainly from United Kingdom and Canada)but also German soldiers. It's composed of 461 commonwealth graves and 59 German graves who were are mainly from the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.

These soldiers died between June and July 1944 during different battles at the West and Southwest of Caen.

The goal is to remember the ones who died for their country, sometimes at a young age, and to honor them.

This cemetery is mainained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission which as 2500 volunteers who takes care of graves and organize tours for visitors.

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This British military cemetery is one of 18 managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Normandy. Many soldiers were buried in this place of memory during Operation Goodwood, launched five weeks after D-Day on 6 June 1944. The attack was said to be the most massive ever launched by the Allies on the Western European front. Here lies 2,013 brave British soldiers.

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Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery, Rue du Mesnil Ricard, Cambes-en-Plaine

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Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery, Rue du Mesnil Ricard, Cambes-en-Plaine

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Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery, Rue du Mesnil Ricard, Cambes-en-Plaine

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The Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery, near Caen, Normandy, holds 224 British graves, mostly from July 8–12, 1944, during Operation Charnwood. Many buried here, including over half from the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, died in heavy fighting to capture Caen after D-Day.

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The monument was created for celebrating the 3rd American army and his chief : General Patton.

It was inaugurated on July 31, 1954, the anniversary of liberation.

The obelisk is 14 meters high ans have 5 faces, fifty bags from the 50 states of the United States are deposited there.

On the right, you can see a bronze bust of the General Patton and on the left, you can see a tank.

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There were bombings in the town, numerous air battles resulted in the deaths of around 67 people in the canton of Livarot (Calvados) and the countryside was not spared, even during the Liberation in 1944. On 20 August 1944, the Germans lost their line of defence on the Touques and Major General Gerald Lloyd Verney's 7th Armoured Division liberated Livarot.

On August 14th, 1944, Les Moutiers-Hubert's church was destroyed by Allies bombing, in order to cut the road to German suppliying. Though, the school and the grocery were also destroyed.

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Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Chemin du Cimetière Militaire, Tourgéville

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Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Chemin du Cimetière Militaire, Tourgéville

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Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Chemin du Cimetière Militaire, Tourgéville

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This cemetery is a symbol of History, Memory and peace, as it gathers soldiers from all around the world and from both WWI and WWII. Indeed, it hosts the 315 graves of American soldiers, German prisoners, soldiers from the Common Wealth, etc. Thus, it is now handled by the Common Wealth.

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Utah Beach is one of the five french beachs in which the Allied (mostly American soldiers) landed to free France for the German occupation. It happened during June 6, 1944, which is now called D-Day. It was a strategic place to kick out the German from Cherbourg Harbour, and then from France. And even though there were more than 23,000 troups, 197 men died.

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Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east. Total Allied losses for all units involved in Gold's operations amounted to around 1,000-1,100 men, of whom around 350 were killed. Due to the lack of records for June 6, German losses are unknown, with around 1,000 soldiers captured.

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Hardinvast has been a launch site for the v1 missile a powerful missile that can shoot England. It became a memorial site because it was the Adolf Hitler last plan to bomb the UK and win the war.

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The aim of the British operation PLUTO was to build a pipeline linking the United Kingdom to Normandy in order to bring fuel to the Allied front, which had been opened up thanks to the landings, without necessarily using oil tankers. The first pipeline to France was installed on 12 August 1944. It arrives at Querqueville and is extended by onshore pipelines named Major System.

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6 Rue Paul Jeanson, 50430 Lessay, France

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6 Rue Paul Jeanson, 50430 Lessay, France

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6 Rue Paul Jeanson, 50430 Lessay, France

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It is one of the few abbeys in Normandy not to have been destroyed during the Revolution, but the church was totally destroyed in 1944, before undergoing an exemplary restoration, for which the people of Lessay made a huge contribution. In 1959, the abbey was completely rebuilt and partially listed as a historic monument.

Léna Hairie

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German War Cemetery Huisnes-sur-Mer, Rue Mont d'Huisnes, Huisnes-sur-Mer

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German War Cemetery Huisnes-sur-Mer, Rue Mont d'Huisnes, Huisnes-sur-Mer

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German War Cemetery Huisnes-sur-Mer, Rue Mont d'Huisnes, Huisnes-sur-Mer

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Its main distinguishing feature is that it is the only German mausoleum in France. It was inaugurated on September 14, 1963.A total of 11,956 people are buried here. Men, German soldiers who fell during the fighting, but also women and children. The remains come from the western quarter of France and the Channel Islands.

Before entering the building, a series of plaques on the stairs bear the names of the towns and islands where those who now rest here came from. In the entrance hall, a marble plaque indicates that 58 unknown soldiers from World War II are also buried here.

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Marigny German War Cemetery, Rue du Cimetière Allemand, 50570 Thèreval

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Marigny German War Cemetery, Rue du Cimetière Allemand, 50570 Thèreval

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Marigny German War Cemetery, Rue du Cimetière Allemand, 50570 Thèreval

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Marigny German war cemetery is a German cemetery in France. The cemetery contains 11,169 German military personnel. Is located close to Saint Lo. Sailor, airmen, German soldiers and American where burried in two adjacent part of cemetery. The fallen date from the American advance during operation cobra.

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American War Cemetery of St James, Bel Orient, 50240 Montjoie-Saint-Martin

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American War Cemetery of St James, Bel Orient, 50240 Montjoie-Saint-Martin

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This cemetery is the final resting place for 4,410 American soldiers, most of whom were killed in Normandy and Brittany countryside during the Liberation of Brittany in 1944. A wall commemorates the names of 498 soldiers whose bodies were never found. The ABMC (American Battle Monuments Commission) manages the organization of the cemetery, its maintenance, and visits.

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World War II Museum, Avenue de la Plage, Quinéville

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World War II Museum, Avenue de la Plage, Quinéville

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World War II Museum, Avenue de la Plage, Quinéville

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In this museum, located near to Sainte-Mère l'Eglise, the whole chronology of the World War II is presented, through thousands of historical objects. It's also about the dailylife of Quinéville and the Cotentin people during the war.

It highlights the civilian experience of the German invasion, and integrates an authentic German blockhaus, that was part of the Atlantic Wall. The museum also offered a panoramic view on Utah Beach, know as one of the five D-Day beaches

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St. Desir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery, Rue de la Libération, Saint-Désir

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St. Desir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery, Rue de la Libération, Saint-Désir

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St. Desir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery, Rue de la Libération, Saint-Désir

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St.Desir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery, it's a cimetery located close to the village of Saint-Désir and 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Lisieux in the Calvados department, Normandy in France. It is the smallest German war cemetery in Normandy and contains the remains of 3,735 German military personnel. The cemetery was created by the British Graves Registration Commisions in August 1944. Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux was officially inaugurated as a German War Cemetery on 21 September 1961. The cemetery is maintained and managed by the voluntary German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge). Headstones were replaced with red sandstone plaques giving the names, ranks, dates of birth and death of two fallen German soldiers.

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St. Charles de Percy War Cemetery, Valdallière

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St. Charles de Percy War Cemetery, Valdallière

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St. Charles de Percy War Cemetery, Valdallière

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Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers located 1 km (0.62 mi) west of the village of Saint-Charles-de-Percy, some 44 km (27 mi) south-west of Caen in Normandy. The cemetery contains 703 identified Commonwealth war graves and is the southernmost British cemetery in Normandy. It contains a total of 809 burials including 106 unknowns. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains the site.

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August 44 Museum, Route du Havre, Duclair

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August 44 Museum, Route du Havre, Duclair

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At the end of August 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, tens of thousands of German soldiers attempted to flee the Allied advance, but the destruction of bridges and ferries along the Seine slowed their retreat. For several days, aircrafts and artillery bombarded the troops gathered along the river, causing heavy losses of both men and equipment. The Anglo-Canadian armies successfully fought the last bastions of German defense, leading to the long-awaited liberation of the civilian population. The purpose of this museum is to commemorate the hours of combat and the Liberation. Thanks to the soldiars and civils storytelling, but also threw objects, weaponry and clothes we can understand the lasts moments of the battle of normandy.

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Les Gateys National Cemetery (also called Les Gateys National Necropolis (French: Nécropole Nationale des Gateys)) is a Second World War French military war grave cemetery, located close to the village of Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois and 5.5 km (3.4 mi) north-west of Alençon in the Orne, Normandy, France. It contains the graves of 19 French soldiers from the 2nd Armoured Division that died during the Battle of Alençon in August 1944. The site, located in the forest of Écouves, was originally a battlefield cemetery created in August 1944 for five fallen French soldiers. In 1968 and 1969 the remains of 14 soldiers, previously buried in communal cemeteries in the Orne department, were reburied at Les Gateys. The cemetery also has a memorial plaque naming 69 soldiers of 2nd French Armoured Division who died fighting in the Orne department.

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June 1944 Museum, Place Fulbert de Beina, 61300 L'Aigle

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June 1944 Museum, Place Fulbert de Beina, 61300 L'Aigle

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This museum recounts the decisive moments of the Normandy battle.From the Appeal of June 18 to the German defeat, the museum shows through 13 recreated moments of the war, the authentic voice of the majors actors of this trouble periode. The wax figures are full scale: Marechal Petain, Le général de Gaulle, Roosevelt, Churchill, Général Leclerc.

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Musée de la Libération de Berjou, Les Cours, Berjou

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Blackwater Museum Libération de Berjou, Les Cours, Berjou

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Blackwater Museum Libération de Berjou, Les Cours, Berjou

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Located in Suisse Normande, the “small” Liberation Museum traces the battles of August 15, 16, and 17, 1944, for the liberation of the commune of Berjou. Opened in 2011, this memorial site brings together objects from the last world war. Found during research on the battlefields or preserved by the inhabitants of the commune for several decades, these objects are sometimes the last remaining witnesses to this terrible battle. This house of memories, itself affected by the fighting in August 1944, will bring you stories and anecdotes collected by members of the association from the last witnesses in the town. Photographs, mannequins, and objects found on the battlefield illustrate these events.

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Batteries du Mont Canisy, Rue du Canisy, Benerville-sur-Mer

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Mont Canisy Batteries, Rue du Canisy, Benerville-sur-Mer

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Mont Canisy Batteries, Rue du Canisy, Benerville-sur-Mer

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It was, in turn, a seigneurial stronghold, an anti-submarine defence post during the First World War, a coastal battery from 1935 to 1940, and also the most important stronghold of the Atlantic Wall between Cherbourg and Le Havre between 1941 and 1944. Its position, facing the port of Le Havre and the Bay of Seine, led to it being transformed into a concrete fortress during the last world war.

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780 Cote de la Vierge, 76400 Fécamp, France

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Blockhaus Cap Fagnet, 780 Cote de la Vierge, 76400 Fécamp, France

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Blockhaus Cap Fagnet, 780 Cote de la Vierge, 76400 Fécamp, France

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The Blockhaus at Cap Fagnet is part of an extensive World War II German defensive site located on the dramatic Côte de la Vierge in Fécamp, Normandy — postal code 76400. During the war, the high vantage point of Cap Fagnet was fortified as part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall with a network of concrete bunkers, radar installations (including long-range “Mammut” and Würzburg “See Riese” radars) and observation posts to detect Allied ships and aircraft along the Channel coast. Today the blockhouses and related structures remain visible on the cliff-top, and interpretive walks or guided tours (“Sur les traces du Mur de l’Atlantique”) explain their role in coastal defence and the region’s wartime history.

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Museum of the Resistance, Rue du Mal Leclerc, Forges-les-Eaux

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Museum of the Resistance, Rue du Mal Leclerc, Forges-les-Eaux

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Museum of the Resistance, Rue du Mal Leclerc, Forges-les-Eaux

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Museum of the Resistance is located in the center of Forges-les-Eaux, a city in Normandy. Only 120 km far from Paris, 60 km from Dieppe and 45 km from Rouen, the Normandy Resistance Museum is a remembrance step you cannot miss! This part of Normandy was a direct fly route from England to the 3rd Reich. Many planes, both bombers and fighters, were downed in our region.

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Blockhaus de l'ancienne Gare Ferroviaire, Quai Tostain, Honfleur

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Former Railway Station Blockaus, Quai Tostain, Honfleur

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Former Railway Station Blockaus, Quai Tostain, Honfleur

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One of the last remnants of World War II in Honfleur. In a 350 m² blockhouse that could accommodate 200 soldiers, an exhibition brings together more than 30 period uniforms, documents, and photographs. This site, managed by the association “Honfleur 1939-1945,” has become a place of remembrance and sharing. An entrance hall paying tribute to the mine clearance divers based in Cherbourg (Manche), the police officers of Honfleur, and town twinning.

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Kahl Burg, Rue du 8 Mai 1945, Le Tréport

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Kahl Burg, Rue du 8 Mai 1945, Le Tréport

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Kahl Burg, Rue du 8 Mai 1945, Le Tréport

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Kahl Burg is a remarkable World War II German bunker carved deep into the white chalk cliffs of Le Tréport in Normandy, France. Built in 1942 as a fortified command post for the German Army’s coastal defense (part of the Atlantic Wall) in response to the Dieppe Raid, the site consists of about 270 m of underground galleries with 32 rooms on four levels.

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Bruneval Memorial, Rue Roger Dumont, Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

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This memorial site is an hommage to a distinct and adventurous operation that took place on the 27th of febuary of 1942. Operation "Biting".

On this date, a raid took place to slow down enemy radar and information. The British assembled 2 000 men for this operation. They had been studying the way the german technology worked with geniuses on the subject. They study ehe diffrent kinds of signal dispatched by this radar stations to find a way to then confuse and blur the detection devices.

They also took the initiative to do a nocturnal nd aerial raid, a new invasion technique at the time. And so, with the help of local resistants, the British were able to send out 120 parchuters to dissassemble the compliated devices and take over the site shortly after.

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Albâtre Memory, Le Pont Rouge, 76450 Paluel

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Albâtre Memory, Le Pont Rouge, 76450 Paluel

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Mémoire d’Albâtre is a historical World War II bunker site and interpretive trail located at Le Pont Rouge in Paluel, on the scenic Côte d’Albâtre in Normandy. The site was part of the German Atlantic Wall coastal defenses, and today visitors can walk along an educational trail dotted with restored bunkers, trenches and casemates that tell the story of the wartime fortifications and the soldiers who manned them. Several of these bunkers have been converted into interpretive areas showcasing the history of the German strongpoint, the Atlantic Wall, life under occupation, and remembrance of the conflict. Interpretation panels and guided tours along the route help bring this chapter of history to life against the backdrop of the dramatic cliff-top landscape above Veulettes-sur-Mer and Paluel.

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Normandy Victory Museum - Musée de la bataille des haies, Carentan-les-Marais

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The Museum of the Battle of the Hedge just outside Carentan, between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. Step into the daily lives of soldiers and citizens through 27 realistic scenes, 15,000 authentic collection items, archival documents, films and vehicles, gathered from the field. This journey is from the occupation to the liberation, with a focus on the Battle of the Hedgerows, which took place in the Manche.

With this immersive visit, suitable for all audiences, the Normandy Victory Museum's goal is for the visitors to understand, to feel, to be moved and mostly not to forget.

The Museum also offers two major annual events : D-Day ceremonies in June and the COBRA 44 Commemorative Festival in July.

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Marina Carentan, Rue des Remblais, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais

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American Landing Craft, Marina Carentan, Rue des Remblais, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais

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American Landing Craft, Marina Carentan, Rue des Remblais, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais

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The American landing craft LCVP PA30-4 is a vessel linked to the English Channel, whose home port is Rouen (Seine-Maritime), stationed in the port of Carentan-les-Marais.

It is a specialized landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP), also known as a Higgins boat, which was used during the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944.Built of wood, the barge is 10.80 m long and 3.29 m wide and could carry 36 soldiers and five crew members. It was armed with two machine guns.Although more than 23,000 barges of this type were built, the one in Carentan is unique in Europe and certified for navigation.The Challenge LCVP Higgins Boat association has restored the boat and made it seaworthy again. It exhibits and maintains it, and participates in reenactments, particularly during the many D-Day anniversary ceremonies.

The landing craft is docked in the port of Carentan.

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Crisbecq Casemate, Route de Crisbecq, 50310 Saint-Marcouf

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Crisbecq Casemate, Route de Crisbecq, 50310 Saint-Marcouf

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The Crisbecq Batteries Command Post is located in Saint-Marcouf, Normandy, France, near the eastern coast of the Cotentin Peninsula.
This historic WWII site was part of the German Atlantic Wall and played a key role during the D-Day landings in June 1944.
Visitors can discover well-preserved bunkers, underground command rooms, artillery positions, and exhibitions explaining daily life of soldiers and the battles fought there.
It offers a powerful insight into military strategy and the history of World War II.

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The Overlord Museum is a museum which focuses on the Allied landings in Normandy with Operation Overlord and the subsequent development of the Second World War. It is located in Colleville-sur-Mer in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northern France. The museum is located near the Omaha Beach Landing Section and the American War Cemetery, known worldwide as the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. The museum exhibits objects inside and outside the museum. The arrangement in the interior is in the style of large dioramas, which allow objects to be shown in contemporary real environments. Vehicles, objects, and life-size dolls were assembled into scenes with this in mind. In the outdoor area, ready-to-drive vehicles are shown in operation at events. Only a small number of objects are visible outside all year round.

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Big Red One Assault Museum, Route d'Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer

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Big Red One Assault Museum, Route d'Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer

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Big Red One Assault Museum, Route d'Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer

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This museum is located in the town of Colleville-sur-Mer, a 10-minute drive from Omaha Beach. The Big Red One Assault Museum pays tribute to the 1st US Infantry Division, Big Red One, and its role in the June 1944 Normandy landings. Located a short walk from Omaha Beach, the museum displays military artifacts and authentic battle relics related to the Big Red One division. This US Army corps is so named in reference to its shoulder insignia featuring the number 1 in red.

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Bunker WN 89 is an old German Atlantic Wall fortification located in the small Normandy commune of Géfosse-Fontenay, whose postal code is 14230 in the Calvados department, northwestern France. This historic bunker is remarkably well preserved and forms part of the coastal defense system built by German forces during the Second World War. Today, it is open to visitors and each Sunday morning at 10 a.m. a guided tour is offered (usually departing from nearby Osmanville) where you can learn about the events of 6 June 1944 and the role of this defensive position in the Normandy campaign. The tours are free and given in both French and English, with pets welcome.

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Chem. du Fort Samson, 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy, France

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Bunker WN 89, Chem. du Fort Samson, 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy, France

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Bunker WN 89, Chem. du Fort Samson, 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy, France

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WN Widerstandsnest is a German military code used during World War II that means “resistance nest,” essentially a fortified point or bunker position that was part of the Atlantic Wall defenses.

These bunkers were built to defend the beaches and approaches near Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, including much larger installations such as the Maisy Battery on 8 kilometer.

Today, this bunker is presented as a largely intact former German bunker, and guided tours are sometimes organized, but this bunker is not otherwise open to the public.

It is now recognized as a historic site that tells the story of the German coastal defenses before and during the D-Day landings.

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7 Route des Perruques, 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy

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Maisy Battery, 7 Route des Perruques, 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy

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Maisy Battery, 7 Route des Perruques, 14450 Grandcamp-Maisy

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The Maisy battery between Omaha beach and Utah beach is a group of artillery batteries constructed under secret and strict security using forced labour brought in from the Soviet Union, Poland and Czechoslovakia by the German Wehrmacht during the second world war. This forced labour took place to avoid local involvement and risks of revealing the site's existence to the Allies. It is part of the Atlantic wall and was created to defend the Vire estuary. This site consisted of three (3) Batteries: les Perruques which included six 155 mm First World War French field howitzers, La Martiniere which included four 105 mm pieces and Foucher Farm that included four 150 mm pieces.

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Centre Juno Beach, Voie des Français Libres, Courseulles-sur-Mer

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Centre Juno Beach, Voie des Français Libres, Courseulles-sur-Mer

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Centre Juno Beach, Voie des Français Libres, Courseulles-sur-Mer

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A memorial and cultural center in Normandy, France, the Juno Beach Centre pays tribute to the 45,000 Canadians who lost their lives during World War II, including 5,500 during the Battle of Normandy and 381 on D-Day. Founded in 2003 by veterans and volunteers, it showcases the civilian and military war effort of the entire population of Canada and on various fronts during the Second World War. Its mission is to share this history through educational and commemorative activities.

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Embarquement bateau Archimède, Rue du Hable, La Hague

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Jan Zenon Bienkowski is a Polish soldier, born on March 26th, 1914 in Kolbiel, Poland. He engaged himself in June 1940, in response of the call of General de Gaulle. He was a lieutenant in the Royal Air Force with the 307 Fighter Squadroon, based in Rudloe Manor, England. On August 2nd, 1943, he went for a combat flight with his friend the lieutenant Czeslaw Borzemski, a radio navigator. On the return flight, he found damages in the fuel tank, and decided to land on the beach of Omonville-la-Rogue, thinking it was a sand beach. But, it was a shallow bay, and the plane rolled over onto his back. The pilot, J.Z. Bienkowski drowned, and the radio navigator Czeslaw Borzemski was taken prisoner until the liberation.

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Mémorial de Falaise - Les Civils dans la Guerre, Place Guillaume le Conquérant, Falaise

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Mémorial de Falaise - Les Civils dans la Guerre, Place Guillaume le Conquérant, Falaise

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Mémorial de Falaise - Les Civils dans la Guerre, Place Guillaume le Conquérant, Falaise

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The Mémorial de Falaise- Les civils dans la Guerre, located in 12 place Guillaume le Conquérant, 14700 Falaise. The Communauté de Communes du Pays de Falaise is now responsible for the memorial, with the intercommunal tourist office running operations day-to-day, whereas the Mémorial de Caen was its manager previously. You’ll find in it exhibitions and resources focused on the experience of civilians during World War II, especially in Normandy in 1944.

For exemple,it explains how the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy affected towns and civilians especially in Falaise and its surrounding arreas. It also shows how did civilians manage to live during WW2, their fears of being bombed all the time etc... All that thanks to touchscreens, video interviews, maps, and timelines making it really accessible for everyone.

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Mémorial Port pétrolier du débarquement de 1944 Port-en-Bessin, Rue du Castel, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain

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Mémorial Port pétrolier du débarquement de 1944 Port-en-Bessin, Rue du Castel, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain

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Mémorial Port pétrolier du débarquement de 1944 Port-en-Bessin, Rue du Castel, Port-en-Bessin-Huppain

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At the entrance to the port of Port en Bessin, you can find a memorial that tells the unknown story of fuel management during the liberation of France in 1944.

Before taking a deep-water port, the Allied armies had to find a way to obtain fuel supplies from England.

The first “oil” port of the liberation was Port en Bessin.

Port-en-Bessin was a hub for supplying fuel to Allied troops, enabling supplies to be transported via a pipeline before the capture of Cherbourg.

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Cimetière militaire britannique de Bayeux, Boulevard Fabian Ware, Bayeux

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Bayeux British War Cemetery, Boulevard Fabian Ware, Bayeux

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Bayeux British War Cemetery, Boulevard Fabian Ware, Bayeux

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Bayeux British War Cemetery is the largest Second World War British war cemetery in France. It contains the bodies of 4,000 British soldiers.

The town of Bayeux was liberated on 7 June 1944. As there had been no fighting, the town had suffered little damage. Bayeux served as a base for the British army during the Battle of Normandy, and many of the soldiers buried here died in the field hospital to the south-west of the town.

British tradition dictates that soldiers should be buried with their brothers in arms close to where they died, which explains the scattering of British military graves.

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Batterie de Longues-sur-Mer, Rue de la Mer, Longues-sur-Mer

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Batterie de Longues-sur-Mer, Rue de la Mer, Longues-sur-Mer

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Batterie de Longues-sur-Mer, Rue de la Mer, Longues-sur-Mer

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The Longues-sur-Mer artillery battery is one of the firing batteries of the Atlantic Wall built by the Third Reich during the Second World War. The site had 4 long-range 150 mm naval guns. They were built around 1942 and they are located between Omaha Beach and Gold Beach. But the 6 June of 1944, during the Normandy landings, the battery was subjected to intense air and naval bombardment, and was captured by British troops the next day. Today, each year more than 500 000 tourists visit this historical site. They see it has as testimony to the Normandy landing, despite the fact that there were no damages, it shows the terrible third Reich power and difficulties for Allied troups to win the french territory by the sea.

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Dominick Padula was an American soldier, born on October 5th, 1917, in Kent County, Rhode Isalnd. He was a Staff Sergeant in the 47th Infantry Regiment and the 9th Infantry Division during the WWII. On June 30th, 1944, he was killed in Gréville-Hague, during the liberation of the Cotentin, and of La Hague. He has been temporary buried in the American cemetery of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, and, later, his remains were moved to Saint Joseph's Cemetery in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Now, a plaque pays tribute for him in Gréville-Hague.

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The British military cemetery at Secqueville-en-Bessin, located in Calvados between Caen and Bayeux, is one of eighteen cemeteries managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Normandy.

Accessible via a path outside the village of Secqueville, this cemetery pays tribute to the soldiers who fell during the D-Day battles.

There are 99 graves of British and Commonwealth soldiers and 18 graves of German soldiers, most of whom died during the liberation of Caen.