Landing Beaches

Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Pointe du Hoc, Ouistreham, Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Arromanches... so many names that went down in history on June 6, 1944 and that are now engraved in all memories. On that day, after four long years of occupation, the Allies set foot on French soil and engaged, within the framework of the Overlord plan, in the final struggle against Nazi tyranny. First step in the liberation of Western Europe, the Normandy landing will forever remain as one of the highlights of the Second World War. Steles and commemorative monuments, blockhouses of the Atlantic Wall, vestiges of artificial harbors, military cemeteries remind us today of the scale of the operations of the summer of 1944 and their capital importance. This guide, largely illustrated with period documents and color photographs, proposes to you to discover, sector by sector, locality by locality, all the high places of the Landing, but also less known places. It is enhanced by original maps, a series of "close-ups" offering detailed explanations, and "at a glance" pages devoted to certain cities or sites.

132 pages.