D-Day Discovery: British Sectors, A 9 hour tour for 1-4 people

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.

at the Merville Battery Museum for 120 minutes This reinforced German position was an artillery position belonging to 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.

Inaugurated on June 6, 2021, this memorial site pays tribute to the 22,442 British soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy, which took place between June 6 and August 31, 1944.