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

   
British Military Cemetery

SAINT-MANVIEU-NORREY

British Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

Between Caen and Caumont-l'Eventé: 2,183 graves.

The Bunker, Museum of the Atlantic Wall

OUISTREHAM

The Bunker, Museum of the Atlantic Wall

WW2 Museums

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Ver-sur-Mer

VER-SUR-MER

Ver-sur-Mer

Towns and villages of character

Site of the Pointe du Hoc

CRICQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN

Site of the Pointe du Hoc

WW2 Sites

Captured on the morning of the 6th of June 1944 by Colonel Rudder's Rangers, ...

Philip Morris Cigarette Camp

GONFREVILLE-L'ORCHER

Philip Morris Cigarette Camp

Other sites and monuments

These wooden prefabricated buildings, sent by the American army and assembled ...

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 ...

Monument of Shooting Victims

BEAUCOUDRAY

Monument of Shooting Victims

Monuments and Places of Remembrance

In this landscaped park, a monument erected on the site where 11 members of the ...

German Military Battery Site

LONGUES-SUR-MER

German Military Battery Site

WW2 Sites

A major constituent of the Atlantic Wall, the Longues-sur-Mer artillery battery ...

American Military Cemetery

SAINT-JAMES

American Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

"The U.S.A., proud of the exploits of their sons, humble before their ...

House of the Liberation

SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER

House of the Liberation

WW2 Museums

Chapel of La Madeleine - US Memorial

SAINT-LO

Chapel of La Madeleine - US Memorial

WW2 Museums

Former Saint-Lô leper house, now restored, Madeleine Chapel shelters the ...

British Military Cemetery

BAYEUX

British Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

The British Bayeux War Cemetery is located in the immediate vicinity of the ...

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History

1944 and the Battle of Normandy