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

   
François Mutschler Centre

PONTAUBAULT

François Mutschler Centre

WW2 Museums

Visitor Centre - American Cemetery of Normandy

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER

Visitor Centre - American Cemetery of Normandy

Monuments and Places of Remembrance

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 ...

The Marie Harel statues

VIMOUTIERS

The Marie Harel statues

Monuments and Places of Remembrance

Thanks to "Gone with the Wind" author Margaret Mitchell, the International ...

All about Normandy

PICAUVILLE

All about Normandy

Historic sites and monuments

Tours of the landing beaches of D-Day - June 06 and of paratrooper sites. Tours ...

Ver-sur-Mer

VER-SUR-MER

Ver-sur-Mer

Towns and villages of character

Les Gateys National Cemetery

SAINT-NICOLAS-DES-BOIS

Les Gateys National Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

The "Les Gateys" National Necropolis is dedicated to the soldiers of the French ...

Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, known as ‘Canadian Cemetery of Virtue’

HAUTOT-SUR-MER

Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, known as ‘Canadian Cemetery of Virtue’

Historic sites and monuments

The Vertus War Cemetery is a memorial site dedicated to Operation Jubilee of ...

German Military Cemetery

LA CAMBE

German Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

The cemetery is home to 21,300 graves. On site: a visitor information centre ...

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 ...

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

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES

British Military Cemetery

WW2 Cemeteries

Located between Caen and Caumont-l'Eventé: 1,137 graves.

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History

1944 and the Battle of Normandy