REMEMBRANCE TOURISM GUIDE 2019 Falaise Memorial


The Falaise Memorial shifts the focus to civilians and their courage through incessant bombings and the chokehold of Nazism. The civilian death toll was far higher than that of soldiers, with an estimated 35 million casualties worldwide. www.memorial-falaise.fr


Caen Memorial


A strategic target for Allied forces, Caen was nearly reduced to rubble by daily raids. Thirty years ago, the city sealed its commitment to peace with the launch of the sprawling complex chronicling not only the Second World War but also the events of the Cold War. normandy.memorial-caen.com


Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument


The Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument is located on a cliff to the west of the Normandy American Cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Here,


The American Cemetery lies on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach


during the American assault of Omaha and Utah beaches, US Army Rangers disembarked from their landing vessels and scaled the 100-foot cliffs, where they seized the German artillery pieces and held off the counter- attack. Their monument is a simple granite pylon positioned atop a German concrete bunker. www.abmc.gov


Arromanches 360


A fully immersive experience, it makes a hugely accessible


introduction to the D-Day landings. It features a half-hour fi lm projected on nine screens charting the Battle of Normandy and Operation Overlord. www.arromanches360.com


D-Day Museum The very fi rst museum dedicated to D-Day overlooks the spot on the beach of Arromanches where Allied forces established an artifi cial harbour for supplying the troops engaged in battle. www.musee-arromanches.fr


Bloody Gulch Memorial Museum


The area around Donville Manor was the site of ferocious fi ghting between German and 101st Airborne US soldiers from June 12-17, 1944. Many relics remained buried in the ground or hidden in homes for over 65 years. Now visitors can discover what was left by the soldiers on both sides and hear the testimony of civilians who survived the battle. www.museebloodygulch.com


Memorial of the 19th August 1942


The museum, which is housed in the old municipal theatre on the place Camille Saint-Saëns near the beachfront, pays tribute to the 5,000 Canadians who played a part in the failed raid on German-occupied Dieppe in 1942. Two Canadians – Reverend John Weir Foote, padre to the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt of


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9am 6pm


Situated within the heart of the Somme battlefields, the mu- seum is located in an underground air- raid shelter 250m long, which retraces the life of the sol- diers in the trenches during the 1st of July 1916.


Guided battlefield tours on reservation


Rue Anicet Godin 80300 ALBERT musee@somme1916.org


+33 (0) 3 22 75 16 17 www.musee-somme-1916.eu


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OPEN 7/7


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