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The Artificial Port at Arromanches

The entire installation of the " Mulberry " (Official code name) was built in Great Britain and towed across the English Channel the day after D-Day. This artificial harbour was designed to handle the transfer and unloading of 6850 tons of equipment and supplies per day

The Museum of Arromanches

The permanent Landing exhibition at ARROMANCHES was created in 1953 and officially inaugurated by Mr. René COTY, President of the French Republic, on June 5th 1954. The museum, was built on the site of the artificial harbour. Its vestiges can still be seen, a few hundred yards away from the shore.

The Batteries of Longues sur Mer

The Atlantic Wall was a system of fortifications built by Nazi Germany, which extended along the Atlantic coast of Western Europe. The batteries of Longues are a classic example of the pattern that was used for the Atlantic Wall. Come and discover the four casemates of these batteries, and the 152 mm German naval guns behind the control bunker. This site has been very well preserved to this day as a Memorial of the war.

Crossing Port en Bessin…

Omaha Beach East

This part of our tour visits several German weapons strong holds at locations known as WN 60, WN 61, WN 62 overlooking the landing spots of Easy, Red, and Fox companies. After a brief visit to one of the cemeteries, we will stop at a final German weapon strong hold, known as WN 65, set at the Ruquet Valley. At these locations and others at Omaha Beach East, you will discover some parts of the Atlantic Wall where some of the bloodiest fighting occurred in this sector of the landings.

Stop at the first temporary Cemetery along the beach…

Stop in front the Hardelay's villa
on Dog White…

Omaha Beach West

Within this area was the German weapon emplacement, known as WN 72. This location on Omaha Beach, coded D1, was the bloodiest part of the beach landing. Here you will learn about the tragic story and heroism of A Company 116th of the 29th Infantry Division. This area was fictionally depicted in Steven Spielberg's movie "Saving Private Ryan". Some companies of Rangers landed at this location.

Located on a cliff 8 miles west of the Cemetery, this monument was created by France to honour elements of the Second Rangers Battalion under the command of LTC James E. RUDDER, which scaled the 100-foot cliff. Admiral Hall's Intelligence officer remarked: "It can't be done. Three old women with brooms could stop the Rangers scaling that cliff!"
RUDDER replied to General BRADLEY: "Sir, my Rangers can do the job for you…"

La Cambe German Cemetery

La Cambe is the largest war cemetery in Lower Normandy. In a clearing dotted with trees and Maltese crosses in groups of five, more than 21,200 men are buried here- generally in twos - beneath small slabs almost flush with the short grass. In the center, an impressive tumulus, surmounted by a large cross flanked by statues, marks the place where the remains of 296 unidentified soldiers were interred.