jeudi 20 mai 2010

The Reviers Canadian Cemetery

Located in Reviers, between Bayeux and Ouistreham, this resort is the second largest cemetery Canadian World War II in France.
 With its 2,044 graves, the cemetery impresses with the ability to view all the graves from two towers located at the entrance.This author's view allows us to measure the magnitude of many sacrificed for freedom there.

The Colleville Montgomery Hillman site

This site, which takes its name from the Allies, is a group of 18 buried bunkers concreted 4m deep, connected via a network of trenches.
This site was ideally placed for the German army that had an impressive view over the ocean and the countryside and Memorial.Protected by a battery of artillery and heavy weapons such as machine guns, this fortress was a difficult obstacle to overcome for the Allies June 6, 1944

The Hermanville sur mer British Cemetery

This cemetery, located near the town hall of Hermanville sur mer is not one of the largest collection of space, but he deserves just as much as others to be visited.
You can find a book or on-site are listed all the impressions of visitors. Thanks to this book we see the importance in this cemetery is visited sites commemorating the Battle of Normandy. 

mardi 11 mai 2010

The Arromanches Landing Museum

The museum of Arromanches Landing Museum or Museum of June 6, 1944 has been built at the place where was built the British artificial port.
This museum tells the story of the construction of this gigantic Mulberry key to Allied victory in Normandy.


In addition to the remnant of this port, you can admire the military equipment placed around the museum such as English or German guns, tanks ...

lundi 3 mai 2010

The La Cambe German Cemetery

The German cemetery at La Cambe, located between Bayeux and Isigny is considered, with its 21,222 graves, the largest German cemetery in the Battle of Normandy.

It was inaugurated September 21, 1961.


 

Nobody can go next to the huge view of this cemetery and the icy atmosphere that radiates from all these graves with this strange appearance.





jeudi 29 avril 2010

The Arromanches artificial harbor (Mulberry B)

The construction of the Mulberry Arromanches began in England with components that were difficult to hide bulky because of German intelligence.This is the result of 45,000 workers who worked for eight months to develop about one million tons of floating material.The Mulberry permitted the Allies to unload equipment 6765 daily for 3 months.

This steel ramp was combined with others to form eight floating ramps to drop ship men and vehicles to the beach.These ramps have counted them only 30,000 tons of concrete and steel.The Mulberry at Arromanches is still partially present in the waters bordering the beach. For the material that composes many used in the restoration of bridges after the gue

The Bayeux British Cemetery


Bayeux Cemetery is the largest British cemetery in the Lower Normandy region. In fact, it has 4868 graves of people sacrificed to liberate France.





This site is located 150 meters from the Museum of the Battle of Normandy is still free and open to the public seven days a week without timetables that must be observed
 
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