Guides

Operation Overlord: The Battle of Normandy, June to August 1944
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Operation Overlord: The Battle of Normandy, June to August 1944

The Normandy campaign from 6 June to 30 August 1944: the landings, the fight for Caen, the bocage, the breakout and the Falaise pocket, with the places you can still visit linked throughout.

The Atlantic Wall Batteries of Normandy
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The Atlantic Wall Batteries of Normandy

The German coastal batteries that defended the invasion coast - which survive, what they held, and which are worth your time.

Visiting the D-Day Beaches in a Day
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Visiting the D-Day Beaches in a Day

A practical west-to-east route along all five landing beaches, from Utah to Sword, for visitors with a single day in Normandy.

Where to See the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches
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Where to See the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches

The prefabricated harbour that supplied the invasion - what remains, and how best to see it.

Sainte-Mère-Église & the American Airborne
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Sainte-Mère-Église & the American Airborne

The first town liberated, the flooded causeways, and the sites of the US airborne drop behind Utah Beach.

Juno Beach: The Canadian Sector
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Juno Beach: The Canadian Sector

Canada's D-Day beach, the museum that tells its story, and the towns the Canadians liberated.

Pegasus Bridge & the British Airborne Landings
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Pegasus Bridge & the British Airborne Landings

How British glider troops seized the Orne bridges in the first action of D-Day, and the sites that tell the story.

The War Cemeteries of Normandy
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The War Cemeteries of Normandy

American, German, British and Canadian - the resting places of those who fell in the Battle of Normandy.

Omaha Beach: A Visitor's Guide
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Omaha Beach: A Visitor's Guide

The essential sites around the bloodiest of the landing beaches, from the American Cemetery to Pointe du Hoc.