Normandy
Alabaster Coast – Cote d’Albatre – Normandy
The Alabaster Coast – Côte d’Albâtre is Normandy’s White Cliffs, a 130km long breathtaking coastline of white chalk cliffs overlooking the English Channel
Normandy Invasion – June – August 1944 – WWII
Normandy Invasion during WWII, the Allied invasion of Northwest Europe codenamed Operation Overlord which started on D-Day and ended on 25 August 1944
D-Day – 6 June 1944 – Simplified Timeline
Simplified timeline of D-Day – 6 June 1944 or Operation Neptune, the code name of the naval operations or assault and first phase of the Battle of Normandy
Sword Beach – British Landing Sector – WWII
The D-Day assault on Sword Beach, the easternmost of the 5 Normandy landing beaches, was assigned to the British 3rd Infantry Division and Cdr Kieffer’s men
Omaha Beach – Deadliest Assault on D-Day
The landing on Omaha Beach, sadly one of the deadliest assaults on D-Day, was assigned to the untested US 29th Infantry Division assisted of US Army Rangers
Gold Beach – British Landing Sector – WWII
The D-Day assault on Gold Beach was assigned to the 2nd British Army’s British 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division supported by the 8th Armoured Brigade
About Normandy region in Western France
Normandy, a name that immediately evokes the WWII Landing Beaches, the Tapestry of Bayeux and William the Conqueror, the Mont Saint-Michel and the Calvados!
Bayeux CWGC War Cemetery – Basse Normandie
The Bayeux CWGC War Cemetery was opened in 1944 in Bayeux in Calvados and is the largest WWII Commonwealth cemetery in France with 4,648 graves
Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery – WWII
Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery stretches on the cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and contains the graves of 9,387 American soldiers who died during WWII
Juno Beach – Canadian Landing Sector – WWII
D-Day assault on Juno Beach was assigned to units of the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division aided by specialized engineering tanks from the 79th Armored Div.
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