| |
|
| |
 |
| |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| |
A major work of the Atlantic Wall, the coastal defence battery of Longues sur Mer has a firing headquarters and four blockhouses each housing a 150mm piece of artillery. Located at the heart of this allied attack zone, at the top of a cliff overlooking the Channel, it played a strategic role during the D-Day Landings of the Allied Forces on 6 June 1944.
|
Guided tours from April to October, lasting 55 minutes.
Adults: €4
Children (under 10): free
Opening time 10am - 1pm / 2pm - 6pm every day from April to October
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| |
Reviers Canadian military cemetery : 2048 graves. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
Taken by storm on the morning
of 6 June by the men of Colonel
Rudder’s 2nd Ranger Battalion, this
was also one of the strong points of
the German fortifications. The place
reminds us of what a German battery
was like, with its range-finding post,
its casemates, its shelters...
|
Open all day.
Free unaccompanied
visit.
Closed on 25/12
and 1/01.
Tourist information office :
April-October : 10 h-13 h/14 h-18 h
November-March, Friday to Monday: 9 h-13 h/14 h-17 h |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
This 172,5 acres cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach. It contains the graves of 9387 soldiers killed in action. A chapel, a Memorial and a Garden of the Missing honor their memory. The Visitors Center pays homage to the courage and competence that led to the success of Operation Overlord and to the liberation of Europe, as well as to the sacrifice of those who are now resting in this place.
|
Free
unaccompanied tour.
Closed
on 31/12 and 1/01.
Opening hours :
9h – 17h. |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
The British military cemetery at
Bayeux contains the graves of 4144
Commonwealth soldiers who died
during World War II. 338 are unidentified
and 505 are of other nationalities,
mostly German. Opposite,
a Mémorial has been erected in
memory of those who fought to
liberate Europe. On the front, the
sentence in Latin recalls how, in
1944, the British came to free the
Homeland of their victors of 1066.
NEW FOR 2007: “Normandy Visitors Centre” interpreting centre, officially opening on 6 June 2007.
|
Unaccompanied
visit. |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
This military cemetery contains the
graves of 21300 German casualties
of World War II. Reception and information
centre and permanent exhibition.
Peace Garden: plantation of
1200 maples, a living symbol of peace
among nations.
|
Unaccompanied
visit last 1 hour.
Opening hours :
01/11-31/03 : 9h – 17h.
01/04-31/10 : 8h/19h
Weekends : opens at 9h
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
