D-Day and the Battle of Normandy

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There are many sites, museums and memorials relating to 6th June 1944 and to the Battle of Normandy that followed, in Normandy.

Main phases

The main phases of the Battle of Normandy

Chronologically, there were three definable phases to the operation on June 6th 1944...


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Utah Beach © WWII
 

Omaha Beach, Juno Beach, Sword Beach...

An amazing armada of Allied troops, British, American, Canadian and more, landed on Normandy’s beaches on 6th June 1944...
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75th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy

Commémoration du D-Day à Arromanches © Sabina Lorkin-Anibas Photography
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Sites and attractions

D-Day sites and museums

   
Museum of the Landings

ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS

Museum of the Landings

WW2 Museums

D-Day Omaha Museum

VIERVILLE-SUR-MER

D-Day Omaha Museum

WW2 Museums

from 6 . 0 0 €
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Normandy Victory Museum

CATZ

Normandy Victory Museum

WW2 Museums

Azeville Battery

AZEVILLE

Azeville Battery

WW2 Sites

Located at 7kms in the North East from Sainte-Mère-Eglise, this battery built ...

from 4 . 4 0 €
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Tiger tank

VIMOUTIERS

Tiger tank

WW2 Sites

Vimoutiers, Sunday the 20th August 1944: the Battle of Normandy is drawing to a ...

Departmental Museum of the Resistance and Deportation

MANNEVILLE-SUR-RISLE

Departmental Museum of the Resistance and Deportation

WW2 Museums

In Manneville-sur-Risle, in the Boucles de la Seine Normande Regional Natural ...

Le Val Ygot Launch Site

ARDOUVAL

Le Val Ygot Launch Site

WW2 Sites

La Val Ygot at the heart of the Eawy Forest is home tot the V1 bomber launching ...

British Military Cemetery

CAMBES-EN-PLAINE

British Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

Located between Caen and Courseulles: 224 graves.

Museum of the Merville Military Battery

MERVILLE-FRANCEVILLE-PLAGE

Museum of the Merville Military Battery

WW2 Museums

from 8 . 0 0 €
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‘Chaudron de la Libération’

VIMOUTIERS

‘Chaudron de la Libération’

Monuments and Places of Remembrance

When Vimoutiers was destroyed by American bomber pilots, this cauldron was used ...

Big Red One Assault Museum

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER

Big Red One Assault Museum

WW2 Museums

Mont Canisy Battery

BENERVILLE-SUR-MER

Mont Canisy Battery

WW2 Sites

The natural protected site of Mont Canisy looms 110 metres above the sea. From ...

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1944 and the Battle of Normandy