Normandy

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Normandy

Airborne Cemetery Countryside Mulberry

 

Deauville in 1967

 

low tide

 

 

 

Normandy Beaches

 

at low tide

 

the landing beaches on D-Day

 

The Landing Beaches - Mother of Pearl and Bessin Coasts

 

Omaha beach

 

looking toward Gold beach

Beyond the Orne stretch steep cliffs shadowing beaches of fine golden sand. The British beaches (Sword, Juno, Gold Beaches), and the American beaches (Omaha Beach, Utah Beach) were names given in the war and have remained, the original ones never to be reverted to.

 

Museum in Arromanches

Arromanches with it's artificial port, military cemeteries, la Pointe du Hoc, monuments, milestones and military relics continue to serve as reminders of the battles.

Photos of making of the artificial ports

 

Pointe du Hoc

 

on Pointe du Hoc

 

monument on the bluff

 

 

destroyed German installations on Pointe du Hoc

 

airborne soldier

Photos of the Airborne operation

 

American military cemetery
(1967)

The west coast is sheltered from the east and north winds benefiting from the warm currents of the Gulf Stream. Here 100 kilometers of sand unfold like a long ribbon, occasionally intercepted by rocks and harbors and ending majestically at Mont Saint Michel. The sunniest beaches are here and the sea is a beautiful shade of deep blue.

Photos (2006) of the American Military Cemetery

 

Mont Saint Michel

 

at low tide
cars can park on the sand

More Photos of Mount St. Michel (2006)

 

on the street in the Mount

 

inside the chapel

 

descending from the top

 

in the morning at high tide

 

Normandy cows

More Photos of the Normandy Countryside

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Airborne Cemetery Countryside Mulberry

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