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

   
Néville-sur-Mer Blockhaus

VICQ-SUR-MER

Néville-sur-Mer Blockhaus

WW2 Sites

Marcouf 44 - Museum of the Crisbecq Battery Command Post

SAINT-MARCOUF

Marcouf 44 - Museum of the Crisbecq Battery Command Post

Museums

from 6 . 0 0 €
Base rate - full rate adult

Caen Memorial

CAEN

Caen Memorial

WW2 Museums

from 19 . 8 0 €
Base rate - full rate adult

Musuem of Art and History

AVRANCHES

Musuem of Art and History

WW2 Museums

The Town Museum presents paintings and sculptures, as well as its collection ...

from 3 . 0 0 €
Base rate - full rate adult

Liberators Museum - Normandy 1944

ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS

Liberators Museum - Normandy 1944

WW2 Museums

from 4 . 0 0 €
Base rate - full rate adult

Airship Hangar

ECAUSSEVILLE

Airship Hangar

WW2 Museums

The hangar was built by the french national navy as a shelter for the airships, ...

from 5 . 5 0 €
Base rate - full rate adult

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 ...

LCVP Higgins Boat, American landing craft

CARENTAN LES MARAIS

LCVP Higgins Boat, American landing craft

WW2 Museums

Navy & Co Battlefield Tours

CARENTAN LES MARAIS

Navy & Co Battlefield Tours

Historic sites and monuments

It’s a D-Day tour as told by a modern day Combat Veteran, stand where they ...

Ver-sur-Mer

VER-SUR-MER

Ver-sur-Mer

Towns and villages of character

British Military Cemetery

BAZENVILLE

British Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

Located between Bayeux and Arromanches: 979 graves.

Cobra Memorial

MARIGNY-LE-LOZON

Cobra Memorial

WW2 Museums

The Cobra Memorial with its three exhibition rooms. Reception with documents ...

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History

1944 and the Battle of Normandy