NORMANDY LANDINGS | D-DAY 🇺🇸 | AMERICAN CEMETERY | ARROMANCHES

Relive the first moments of the Normandy landings of the Second World War in June 1944 through its emblematic sites.

Arromanches-les-Bains, a priority target of the Allies who wanted to set up an artificial port there to supply the troops landed with weapons and ammunition. Many remnants litter these beaches with their mysterious forms, which are so decisive for the liberation of Europe from the Nazi yoke.

In the American Cemetery of Colleville sur Mer, the alignment of the tombs and the omnipresence of the sea inspire a sense of peace and serenity. In the Garden of Remembrance, the names of 1,557 missing persons are engraved on an arched wall. This haven of greenery invites recollection and remembrance.

Omaha Beach,assigned to American troops, was the one where the Allies lost the most lives, earning it the nickname “Bloody Omaha”.

Pointe du Hoc, stormed on the morning of 6 June by Colonel Rudder’s Rangers, is one of the highlights of the German fortifications on the coast. Today, this place evokes what an artillery battery was with its firing line, its casemates, its shelters, its shell craters…