The beaches where the world changed — Omaha, Utah, and the hedgerow country behind them.

Stationen dieser Tour (12)

1. 1
   Caen Memorial Museum Start at the museum of peace — the full story from 1918 to D-Day to the Cold War
2. 2
   Pegasus Bridge First objective liberated — British gliders landed within metres at 00:16 on June 6
3. 3
   Sword Beach (Ouistreham) British 3rd Infantry Division landed here — Commandant Kieffer's Free French among them
4. 4
   Juno Beach Centre Canadian landing beach — the Juno Beach Centre tells their story
5. 5
   Arromanches-les-Bains Remains of the Mulberry harbour — prefabricated port towed across the Channel
6. 6
   Gold Beach British 50th Division landed here — the D-Day Museum overlooks the beach
7. 7
   Longues-sur-Mer Battery German gun battery with four 150mm guns still in their casemates
8. 8
   Omaha Beach (Vierville) The bloodiest landing — 2,000 American casualties on this crescent of sand
9. 9
   Normandy American Cemetery 9,387 white crosses and Stars of David on the bluff above Omaha Beach
10. 10
    Pointe du Hoc Rangers scaled these 30-metre cliffs under fire — the craters are still visible
11. 11
    Utah Beach The westernmost beach — lighter casualties, but the flooded fields behind claimed many
12. 12
    Sainte-Mere-Eglise First town liberated — paratrooper John Steele hung from the church steeple

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