Complete with relief photos and elevation tables, the actual maps from the Normandy Invasion still inspire awe. Classified as “Bigot,” the highest top secret security level possible, a very few persons even knew of the existence of this and other maps prepared for the assault on Hitler’s F...
One of the most common, flexible and deadly weapons used by German forces inWorld War IIwas the8.8cm FlaK 36 gun. Building on earlier models from the late 1920s and early 1930s, the piece could be used for both anti-aircraft and direct anti-tank fire. Known commonly as an “Eighty-Ei...
November–December 1943). At the last gathering, Roosevelt and Stalin combined against Churchill to insist on the adoption of May 1944 as an unalterable date for the invasion. In return, Stalin agreed to mount a simultaneous
A story that takes us back to the outcome of the Second World War by Julien LECACHÉ - UCP This Story Map gives access to aerial images captured shortly after the liberation of the three major cities of Normandy: Caen, Le Havre and Rouen. This tool allows to have a vision on the mat...
The tower of St Romain is on the north side of the cathedral. It was finished towards the end of the fifteenth century, but the lower portion is of very much earlier date for it is the only portion of the cathedral that was standing when Richard I. on his way to the Holy Land knelt...
SHUT UP & SIT DOWN RECOMMENDSBGG GOLDEN GEEK AWARD-WINNERThe critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning World War II deck-building game.June, 1944. Through the D-Day landings, the Allies have seized a foothold on the beaches of Normandy. Now you must lead your troops forward as you push dee...
Vimoutiers Tiger Tank is a Second World War Tiger Tank on the outskirts of Vimoutiers in Normandy. The tank is located outside by the side of the road heading from Vimoutiers to Gacé on D979. Read more Sherman Tank Keren Sherman tank "Keren" belonged to the 501st Tank Regiment of the...
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Travel to Normandy and stand on the 100-foot-tall Pointe du Hoc, overlooking the beaches where soldiers fought in World War II — and walk with a Local Expert through the American Military Cemetery of Saint-Laurent, near Omaha Beach, where Allied Forces landed on D-Day. Drive through the ...
Journey through Brittany & the Loire Valley on our Normandy tours. Visit the Normandy beaches of D-Day, Monet's Giverny & more before setting off for Paris