We have one more stop on our whirlwind tour of the D-Day Beaches – Arromanches. Today Arromanches, (pronounced “arrow-mansh”), is a neat little tourist town on the Normandy coast. Seventy-five years ago this was Gold Beach, where British forces landed on D-day. In the critical days following D-Day, Arromanche was Action Central. Continue reading “D-Day Beaches – Arromanches and Le Bocage”
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D-Day Beaches – Batterie Longues-sur-Mer
We’re in Normandy, visiting the D-Day Beaches. We started at the Normandy American Cemetery, made a stop at Omaha Beach, and then headed north toward Arromanche. We’ve been taking a coastal route on narrow roads passing through one small village after another. Home-made tributes to American, British, and Canadian soldiers lined the road whenever we passed through a village. We’re on our way to see the Batterie Longues-sur-Mer. Continue reading “D-Day Beaches – Batterie Longues-sur-Mer”
D-Day Beaches – The First Six Hours
We’re at the Normandy American Cemetery three days before the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing. It’s a beautiful, serene, thought-provoking place. We traveled 90 minutes by bus to get to the D-Day Beaches. Along the way, our guide for the day painted a picture in words that helped put the D-Day invasion in perspective, so the ride was time well-spent. Continue reading “D-Day Beaches – The First Six Hours”
