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

   
1944 Historical Route

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS

1944 Historical Route

Historic sites and monuments

This 40 km circular trail takes round thirteen sites which were critical points ...

Memorial to civilian life in the Second World War

FALAISE

Memorial to civilian life in the Second World War

WW2 Museums

The Battle of Normandy started on D Day - 6 June 1944 - lasted 3 months and put ...

from 7 . 5 0 €
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Py Park underground passages

FOLLIGNY

Py Park underground passages

WW2 Sites

D-Day Experience

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS

D-Day Experience

WW2 Museums

It was at Carentan/Saint-Côme-du Mont where so much was at stake after 6th ...

from 13 . 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 ...

Airborne Museum

SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE

Airborne Museum

WW2 Museums

The Airborne Museum first opened its doors back in 1962, in the centre of ...

from 9 . 9 0 €
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Normandy Discovery Tours

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS

Normandy Discovery Tours

Historic sites and monuments

François Mutschler Centre

PONTAUBAULT

François Mutschler Centre

WW2 Museums

Cross of Lorraine

COURSEULLES-SUR-MER

Cross of Lorraine

Monuments and Places of Remembrance

Cross measuring over 18 metres in height, erected facing the seafront in ...

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 ...

Canadian Military Cemetery

BENY-SUR-MER

Canadian Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

Situated on the road D35 north of Reviers. 2049 graves are taken care by the ...

Tiger tank

VIMOUTIERS

Tiger tank

WW2 Sites

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

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1944 and the Battle of Normandy