Normandy Beaches - D Day Memorial

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Battlefields and cemeteries; whether in Normandy, Gettysburg, Washington DC or anywhere tug at the heart. It is overwhelming to look at the thousands of Crosses and Stars of Davids and think what these brave soldiers went through. The US / Canadian Cemetery is fittingly, immaculately kept. We were given a rose to place on the grave marker of our own choice. The museums were so informative. The signage was in French and English. One light note - we got the word at breakfast on the boat; that the itinerary would be tight to get through the Museum at Fort Winston properly and still have lunch. Ever resourceful, Wes, grabbed baguettes, cold cuts and cheeses from the breakfast buffet aboard the River Baroness; wrapped them in a linen napkin (which we returned later) and packed our lunch. The man is a resourceful traveler! You will not starve or get lost if you travel with Wes.

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Photos

Where Poppies Grow
An artificial harbor of sunken ships and bulky break waters manufactured in England and floated over to Omaha Beach was the invention of Winston Churchill. They helped make the landing of men and materials a bit easier after the initial invasion.

Display Arromanches Museum
The D DayMuseum at Arromanches had some interesting display, a good slide show and a short film about the invasion.

Remains of Port Winston - Artificial Harbor
This strategy was invented by Winston Churchill. Amazing how engineering, meteorolgy, tide level (low), moon phase (full), and making the Germans think the landing would be elsewhere all entered into the strategies.

Multi Media at Cemetery Museum
The Cemetery Museum display was more sophisticated than Arromanches. Worth some time. Hard to drag oneself away from the grave markers "row on row." One can search names here and find exact locations of buriel site.

Memorial to Bravery
This give one an idea of the terrain and one soaring memorial to bravery.

Comments

[jeff]

response
What a great trip!Love the photos and of course the commentary(I dont know if I even spelled that right) Love to hear all about it when we see you...have, (or should I say...keep on having....) a wonderful time!....thanks for thinking of us to share your memories with...we really do appreciat it

[Silver Back Cuda]

Thanks for the nice feedback, Jeff and Robin.

[Mark]

Normandy
I've read many accounts of D-Day and the days leading to and following. I agree with Jeff, nice photos and commentary. Thanks for sharing.

[Silver Back Cuda]

Hi Mark - We bought a great little book explaining the strategies of D Day to children - it is for our grandchildren to read; but so insightful for we big kids who didn't pay enought attention in history class. Thanks for the comments.