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D-Day Normandy’s ten most poignant but least visited battlefield memorials

Alastair — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:56:56 +0000

Most of Normandy’s D-Day/Battle of Normandy battlefield and memorial sites are both impressive and emotional, but once you get way from the coast and head inland, you begin to find evocative sites that are comparatively unknown and rarely visited. Here are ten sites, off the beaten path, that I think are particularly poignant and worth […]

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Free French Monument to the Liberation of Larchamp & Ernée

Alastair — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:24:16 +0000

(And the rescue of a wounded American soldier) This roadside monument on a long straight stretch of the D31 road between the villages of Larchamp and Ernée in the Mayenne department of France, marks the point of first contact on 4th August 1944 between US troops advancing south from Normandy, German forces holding Ernée, and […]

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CNN Films to broadcast “Why We Dream” documentary about veterans returning to Normandy

Alastair — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:21:03 +0000

CNN Films has acquired the documentary feature Why We Dream, which follows a group of centenarian WWII veterans as they make a pilgrimage to Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Directed by Meredith Danluck and produced by Delta Air Lines’ Window Seat Studios, in partnership with Pulse Films, the film will premiere in […]

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The Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église – Updated

Alastair — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:46:59 +0000

The Airborne Museum at Sainte-Mère-Église is considered a ‘must see’ for those touring Normandy, and it’s usually one of the first or last stops on a tour of the Normandy beaches because it’s out there on the western flank, which is exactly why the US airborne forces set out to capture it on the night […]

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The Dives River Bridge Memorials, Normandy

Alastair — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:28:40 +0000

The five bridges over the river Dives marked for destruction by Allied airborne forces on the night of 6 June 1944 are rarely visited these days, but they were crucial to securing the eastern flank of the D-Day landings. So it’s definitely worth exploring the area to get an understanding of the dangers faced in […]

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The Mighty Eighth Monument, Normandy

Alastair — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:09:08 +0000

This is the new monument dedicated to the men of ‘The Mighty Eighth’ in Normandy. The set of four life-size bronze statues of medal-awarded USAAF Airmen was unveiled at the La Fière Memorial Park near Sainte-Mère-Eglise on 5th June. The four airmen (L-R) are Staff Sgt. Maynard “Snuffy” Smith – Gunner, 300th Bomb Group (Medal […]

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New D-Day movie: Pressure

Alastair — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:56:27 +0000

The word is, Australian filmmaker Anthony Maras is working on a new WW2 movie titled Pressure, which focuses on the go/no-go decision that Gen Eisenhower had to make on the eve of D-Day and the role that meteorologist Group Captain James Stagg played in that famous decision. Brendan Fraser is reported to be cast as […]

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Review: Omaha Beach Memorial Museum

Alastair — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:47:15 +0000

The Omaha Beach Memorial Museum (Musée Mémorial d’Omaha Beach), focuses on the D-Day landings at Omaha and Pointe du Hoc. It’s not a particularly large museum (1400m²) but it is well laid out and has some interesting artefacts, documents and photos. It’s location, halfway up the Les Moulins draw* (the middle of the three draws […]

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Standing with Giants D-Day art installation will move to Stowe Gardens

Alastair — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:06:47 +0000

For those who have been wondering what will happen to the 1,475 ‘Standing with Giants’ silhouettes of World War 2 military personnel currently standing on the slope in front of the British Normandy Memorial, Normandy*; the answer is, they will move to the National Trust’s Stowe Gardens in Bedfordshire. It’s a question several people asked […]

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Review: Bocage Breakout Museum, Normandy

Alastair — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:09:04 +0000

It’s proper name, in French, is La Musée de la Percée du Bocage, which they themselves translate into the ‘British Breakout from Normandy Museum’. In our guidebook, we call it the ‘Bocage Breakout Museum’, which I think is a simpler name. The museum, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year (2004), is located on the […]

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