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The Airborne Museum has become the largest museum in Europe dedicated to the American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions of the United States Army. Unique of its kind in Europe, it features a life-sized scene depicting a stick of paratroopers belonging to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 101st Airborne Division enplaning at an English aerodrome in June 1944.Address : 14 Rue Eisenhower, 50480 Sainte-Mère-Église, France
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Normandy American CemeteryThe Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery it was established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944. The memorial consists of a semicircular colonnade with a loggia at each end containing large maps and narratives of the military operations and at its centre is a bronze statue “Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves.”. It is the most visited cemetery run by the American Battle Monume
La Cité de la MerLa Cité de la Mer is a scientific and fun park, inaugurated on April 29, 2002and located in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, dedicated to underwater exploration and the discovery of the great depths, completed in 2012 by a new Titanic space, back to Cherbourg. The idea of a museum around the Redoutable, the first French nuclear submarine, dates from the launch of its dismantling in the late 1980s.
Musée du Débarquement ltdThe Musée du Débarquement is a French museum in Arromanches near Bayeux, Normandy region. It documents Operation Overlord, also known as the Normandy Landing, the landing of Allied troops in World War II on June 6, 1944, and is located in the center of the town with the main man-made port. The museum, which is about 500 m² in size, had around 330,000 visitors in 2009. It exhibits the model of the artificial harbor, Allied uniforms and medals, weapons, jeeps, and many photos of the landing site
Juno Beach CentreThe Juno Beach Centre is Canada’s Second World War museum and cultural center located in Normandy, France. center's permanent exhibition covers an area of 650m2 and tells the story of the Canadians who volunteered for military service or mobilized their energies, skills, and resources at home, thereby contributing greatly to the war effort. Through detailed and interactive exhibition rooms, the museum relates the story of life in Canada before the outbreak of the war.
Mémorial de CaenThe Caen Memorial is a museum and war memorial located in Caen on the history of the xx th century whose thematic whole while facing the fragility of the peace, but it is primarily a history museum. In 2007, it was the most visited French museum outside Île-de-France with 400,000 visitors. The Caen Memorial has received the " Musée de France " label and is part of the International Network of Museums for Peace. Since 2006, the Caen Memorial has been constantly changing, each year its permanent r
L'Abbaye-aux-HommesA large Benedictine monastery founded around 1060 by William the Conqueror and his wife. It is a gem of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. It also houses William the Conqueror’s tomb. Today the buildings have become the seat of the town hall. Together with the recently rehabilitated Place Saint-Sauveur, the Abbaye-aux-Hommes forms a unique heritage complex.
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