D-Day Discovery: American & British sectors, 2-Day Tour for 1-4 P

This museum recounts the events that took place on the night of June 5-6, 1944, around the Bénouville bridge. It tells the story of the capture of this bridge by British commandos who arrived by air in gliders. The action was swift and the bridge was renamed “Pegasus Bridge” in 1945 by the authors of this glorious and spectacular episode of D-Day.

The memorial stones mark the location where the gliders landed.

This café went down in history as the first house in France to be liberated by the Allied forces on June 6, 1944.

This reinforced German position was an artillery position on the “Atlantic Wall.” A visit here provides insight into the coastal defense systems deployed by German forces to prevent an invasion by Allied armies from the sea. Visitors can also learn about the lifestyle of the German occupation troops. A visit to the Merville Battery will also provide insight into the assault on this position on the night of June 5-6, 1944, by British paratroopers from the 6th Airborne Division, who arrived by air.

ting pictures, maps and military equipment giving an overview of the American airborne actions on D-Day. Entry fees: Adult: 11,50€, Children: 7,50€

The story of the tragic arrival of American paratroopers on the night 5th/6th of June 1944 will be told there.

ery hard fight against nazi forces from 6th to 9th of June 1944, causing more than 750 American casualties (wounded or killed) to keep this bridge in allied hands.

The units that arrived there joined the American paratroopers, who jumped inland during the night, to take control of the Cotentin peninsula roads and later Cherbourg harbor.

the cliffs by American Ranger battaillons on the morning of D-Day.

troops who landed on Omaha beach, on the morning of June 6, 1944.

killed on D-Day and in the following days.

An opportunity to discover American military equipment displayed around the local museum, including American LCVP landing craft.

This exceptional memorial site is located on Omaha beach battlefield. An opportunity to discover the D-Day events from a place that was at the center of the battle that day.

Located on the cliffs of Colleville-sur-mer dominating Omaha beach, we will discover, with some German soldiers' testimonies, what D-Day was like seen from that side of the battle. On the same site we will visit the monument dedicated to the American 1st Infantry Division.

29th Infantry Division who took part in the Omaha beach invasion, in the early hours of D-Day.