Militaria Archive

Normandy

Selection of photographs taken in Normandy, France. Included are the town of Avranches & it's Patton and Liberation Memorial along with it's famous Thunderbolt Sherman tank. St Mere Eglise (featured in 'The Longest Day' movie about D-Day). The St Mere Eglise US Airborne Museum. Followed by Utah Beach blockhouses, the Leclerc memorial & Utah D-Day Museum. Continuing on down to Caen, & the Caen Memorial Museum. Finishing with the St James Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial including unknown graves alongside the graves of some men awarded the US Medal of Honour.