Normandie

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by Henk Bekker

in Calvados, France, Normandy

Visit the Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum in Bayeux

US Tank in front of the Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum in Bayeux

The Musée Mémorial Bataille de Normandie in Bayeux is one of the best D-Day Landing / Operation Overlord museums to see in Normandy, France. The Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum (Musée Mémorial Bataille de Normandie) in Bayeux covers the invasion of France by the Allies in June 1944 from the D-Day Landings to the end … Read more

Visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Headstones in the Normandy American Cemetery

The US Military Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer above Omaha Beach is the largest Allied war cemetery in Normandy, France. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer in France is with 9,387 graves the largest of the Allied military cemeteries in Normandy. The memorial site overlooks Omaha Landing Beach where so many soldiers died on D-Day. … Read more

Visit the Germany Military Cemetery at La Cambe in Normandy

Tumulus at the German Military Cemetery at La Cambe

The Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof at La Cambe is the largest Second World War military cemetery in Normandy. The Cimetière Militaire Allemand / Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof at La Cambe is the final resting place of over 21,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in 1944. The German military cemetery has by far the largest number … Read more

See the Arromanches 360° Movie and Mulberry Harbor

Arromanches 360° Cinema in Normandy

The Arromanches 360° cinema is a popular introduction to touring the D-Day landing beaches. The belvedere gives excellent free views of the Mulberries. The Arromanches 360° Cinéma Circulaire is a circular cinema showing archive footage from the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy that followed. It is not a museum and visitors will learn … Read more