Memorial Museum of Omaha Beach – Normandy, France The Memorial Museum of Omaha Beach is located at the D-Day landing beach code named Omaha. [...]Read More... Posted May 21, 2023 (updated May 27, 2023) by Patrick
Widerstandsnest 35b at Ver-sur-Mer, France These bunker constructions are part of Widerstandsnest 35b and are situated West of Ver-sur-Mer on the coast of … Posted January 10, 2022 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal
Widerstandsnest 33a at Graye-sur-Mer – La Brèche le Bisson, France Along the coastline of Graye-sur-Mer lay the remains of Widerstandsnest 33a. The bunker was unfortunately still under construction … Posted January 6, 2022 (updated May 31, 2023) by Pascal
D-Day Harbour Weymouth & Exercise Tiger – The Battle of Lyme Bay – United Kingdom At the Weymouth sea side stands a cenotaph commemorating United States soldiers who left this harbour to fight … Posted June 6, 2017 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
D-Day: Overlord Museum – Colleville-sur-Mer, France This museum traces the period of the Allied landings on D-Day in Normandy until the liberation of Paris. … Posted May 23, 2017 (updated January 29, 2023) by Pascal
D-Day, Sword Beach: Monument Piper William ‘Bill’ Millin – Colleville-Montgomery, France On D-Day, June 6th 1944, Piper William "Bill" Millin led the way playing his bagpipe for the Scottish … Posted May 17, 2017 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal
Arromanches-les-Bains and the Mulberry Harbour Normandy France. The Little town of Arromanches-les-Bains on the French coast in Normandy was part of the D-Day Landings on … Posted November 13, 2016 (updated March 27, 2023) by Patrick
Marine Küsten Batterie Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy France Between Omaha beach and Gold beach lies Marine Küsten Batterie Longues-sur-Mer or M.K.B. Longues-sur-Mer. Construction started in September … Posted October 22, 2016 (updated March 27, 2023) by Patrick
Commando Memorial – Spean Bridge, Lochaber Scotland The Commando Memorial is erected near Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, the location in the ward of … Posted May 16, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
D-day, Juno Beach: monument landing of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 48th Royal Marine Commando’s – Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France This monument commemorates the landing and forming of a bridgehead by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division "North Shore" … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal
D-day: Church Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption – Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France During the D-day 70th Anniversary festivities we had the chance to visit the famous church of Sainte-Mère-Église, known … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal
Churchill AVRE Mk. IV Tank – Lion-sur-Mer, Normandy, France A Churchill Avre Mk. IV tank stands near the 41st Royal Marine Commando Monument. The AVRE or in … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated May 10, 2023) by Pascal
Maisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy, Normandy – France Battery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of … Posted August 13, 2014 (updated March 26, 2023) by Patrick
The only Polish Cemetery in France, near Grainville–Langannerie & Urville The only Polish cemetery in France lies on the crossroad from Grainville–Langannerie to Urville, kilometres south of Caen. … Posted July 25, 2014 (updated May 27, 2022) by Patrick
German War Cemetery La Cambe – Normandy, France At this cemetery in Normandy are the graves of twenty-thousand German soldiers of whom many fell during the … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal
D-day: Omaha Beach Landing – Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France On 6 june 1944 the first wave of soldiers had to wade through this water for many yards … Posted February 23, 2012 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal
Pointe du Hoc, US 2nd Ranger Memorial – Normandy, France Situated between the beaches of Utah and Omaha, a strongpoint built by Organisation Todt, with an artillery battery … Posted February 21, 2012 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal
American War Cemetery – Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France With a view on Omaha Beach and the English Channel from which they came, 9.387 white crosses and … Posted February 14, 2012 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal