The landing beaches in Normandy include sites of great importance in France. They went down in history with the intervention of Allied troops on June 6, 1944, and became the symbol of freedom. The year 2019 is the occasion to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, a historic event, which is engraved in the memory of nations throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
The landing beaches remain an essential place to understand how operations were organized by Allied forces. Tragic and extraordinary events, meticulous logistics and exceptional intelligence are told through many museums, which house precious documents, equipment and personal objects. From Utah Beach Landing Museum, to Overlord Museum Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc, the remains now embody the memory of the war. Arromanches Beach has remained famous for hosting the Mulberry Harbour, an artificial harbour made up of floating caissons called "Phoenix" that were used to land supplies during subsequent operations. The multitude of remains and the richness of the sites to be discovered make it possible to immerse oneself in the reality of the war, beyond June 6, 1944: Winston Churchill in June 1940 had said "We will return", when his troops left Dunkirk to return to England; during the Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942, an operation called "Jubilee", many soldiers lost their lives.
