The landing beaches
This region which stretches along the sandy beaches of Bessin is rich in eventful historical stories dating back to ancient civilizations. But it is the events of the Landing of 1944 that remain primarily engraved in memories. A few kilometers from the Ferme de la Rançonnière, the vast fields of sand which were also battlefields still bear the scars of the operations which marked the Second World War and today, these places steeped in history have become spaces of meditation, so as not to forget!
Thus, from Grandcamp Maisy to Ver-sur-mer, via Colleville-sur-Mer, many museums and other various places display a rich diversity of themes that retrace the recent past.
D-Day Museum – Arromanches 14117
Museum which tells the story of the construction and operation of the artificial port installed in Arromanches the day after June 6 and which was decisive in the Battle of Normandy.
https://www.musee-arromanches.fr/
Museum of submarine wrecks - Port en Bessin 14520
Twenty-five years of underwater exploration have brought up wrecks, remains and objects of all kinds found in warships.
Arromanches 360 – Arromanches 14117
http://www.arromanches360.com/
Omaha Beach Memorial Museum – Saint-Laurent sur Mer 14710
This museum is located in the American sector near Omaha Beach. It traces all the phases of the landing.
http://www.musee-memorial-omaha.com/
American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer 14710
The American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer was inaugurated in 1956. 9,387 US soldiers who fell on the beaches of Normandy, 307 of whom have never been identified, lie there. This cemetery covers an area of 70 hectares. It overlooks Omaha Beach.
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