Omaha Beach
D-Day: Overlord Museum – Colleville-sur-Mer, France
May 23 2017, Last update: September 10 2017, Author: Pascal
This museum traces the period of the Allied landings on D-Day in Normandy until the liberation of Paris. It boasts an impressive collection ranging from army infantry equipment and...
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Arromanches-les-Bains and the Mulberry Harbour Normandy France.
November 13 2016, Last update: November 27 2016, Author: Patrick
The Little town of Arromanches-les-Bains on the French coast in Normandy was part of the D-Day Landings on the 6th of June in 1944. Arromanche was in the 'Gold...
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Marine Küsten Batterie Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy France
October 22 2016, Last update: October 24 2016, Author: Patrick
Between Omaha beach and Gold beach lies Marine Küsten Batterie Longues-sur-Mer or M.K.B. Longues-sur-Mer. Construction started in September 1943 and finished just two months before D-day in April 1944.
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Maisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy, Normandy – France
August 13 2014, Last update: January 6 2016, Author: Patrick
Battery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of Grandcamp - Maisy in Normandy. It was constructed by Organisation Todt...
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Battery Todt – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, France
February 29 2012, Last update: October 31 2016, Author: Pascal
In September 1940, as part of the plan to invade England, Battery Siegfried (Stp. 186 Saitenspeil) became operational. The battery existed mainly out of four very large concrete tower...
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D-day: Omaha Beach Landing – Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
February 23 2012, Last update: January 7 2016, Author: Pascal
On 6 june 1944 the first wave of soldiers had to wade through this water for many yards under heavy fire, before finally reaching the wide beach, having to...
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Pointe du Hoc Ranger Memorial – Normandy, France
February 21 2012, Last update: January 6 2016, Author: Pascal
Situated between the beaches of Utah and Omaha, a strongpoint built by Organisation Todt, with an artillery battery of six captured French 155mm guns at Pointe du Hoc, prestented...
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American War Cemetery – Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
February 14 2012, Last update: January 7 2016, Author: Pascal
With a view on Omaha Beach and the English Channel from which they came, 9.387 white crosses and stars look out from their final resting place on this American...
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Calais to Pointe du Hoc, North West France
May 4 2010, Last update: May 23 2017, Author: Patrick
Our first stop after leaving home really early in the morning. We stretched our legs walking around this impressive Tiger 1. The tank stands here pointing towards the valley...
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