REMEMBRANCE TOURISM GUIDE 2020


image of parachutist John Steele of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) stuck on a church spire is an enduring one from the Normandy invasion – it happened here. The museum focuses on the role of gliders in the Normandy Landings and features a real Waco glider. www.airborne-museum.org/en


Falaise Memorial


The Falaise Memorial shifts the focus to civilians and their unfl agging courage through incessant bombings and the choke-hold of Nazism. The civilian death toll was far higher than that of soldiers, with an estimated 35 million casualties around the world. 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 resilient city sealed its commitment to peace with the launch of the sprawling


The D-Day Experience offers German and Allied perspectives D-Day Experience


complex chronicling not only WWII, but also the events of the Cold War.


https://normandy.memorial-caen. com


Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument


The Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument is located on a cliff eight miles west of Normandy American Cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Here, US Army Rangers scaled the 100-foot cliffs and held off


counter-attack. This monument to their selfl ess bravery is a simple granite pylon positioned atop a German concrete bunker. http://en.normandie-tourisme.fr


Arromanches 360


A fully immersive experience, the Arromanches 360 cinema makes a fantastic and hugely accessible introduction to the D-Day Landings. It features a half-hour fi lm, which is projected on to nine screens, charting the Battle of Normandy and


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Discover both the German and Allied perspective of the events surrounding D-Day. Learn about the preparations for the jump over Normandy and sit at the controls of a unique fl ight simulator to relive the crossing of the English Channel. Follow the movements of the American paratroops from D-Day to the liberation of Carentan on June 12, 1944. Visit German command post Dead Man’s Corner and see multi-award-winning 3D fi lm D-Day Normandy 1944 in


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Operation Overlord. www.arromanches360.com


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


The hotel ibis Albert Pays de Somme is located in the heart of the Somme, the Poppy country. It has 57 air-conditioned rooms, a restaurant - Bar Brasserie, serving snacks 24/24, and free closed car parking. SITUATED near the sites of the


Battle of the Somme, it offers a warm welcome. ©pictures credit Ibis Albert - disabled room - voshotels.com creation


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