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April 19th 2015

Published: June 16th 2017

Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236Pegthought we would give you some more info from the Churchill War Museum. It was extremely well done. Not only do you tour the rooms that it all really happened in, with an audio guide, but they also have a huge interactive section chronicling Churchill's life. You could spend hours in there if you are really interested in his life and history.With the audio tour, there... Read Full Entry

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Goes with the flag previous

Small tank - see description next photo

Description for the little tank

In the Notre Dame Cathedral in Bayeaux

Commemorating the British solders in WW2

Plaque in Notre Dame in Bayeaux

Commemorating the British soldiers who did in WW1

One of the guns at Arromanche

Things they sunk to build the floating bridge

at Arromanche

weapons at Arromanche

jeep at arromanche

One of the bunkers

This was was at Arromarche and was bombed on the roof. But the canon is still in decent shape

Bunker at Arromanche

Bunker

From inside a bunker

A bunker that was bombed

One of the boats got a lucky shot and the missile went right in the from window at exploded. This is at Arromanche . the canon was in pieces

Omaha Beach

Inscription at the American Cemetery at Normandy

All American cemeteries in france are on land purchased by the U.S. they are considered American soil. When you enter, you are in America. That way, it was considered that the boys who died, came "home".

Ceiling mural in the chapel

american cemetery at normandy

American Cemetery at Normandy

27th April 2015

peggy
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Wow! you took in a lot of info. I would think both guide's views are correct.Some parts of France had been part of Germany in previous wars. But otherparts felt the full force of German occupation, with killing of civilians forreprisals, etc. I will t
ell you I just learned this week that some American POWsspent several months in a concentration camp in Germany, alongsideJews, etc. Things keep coming out as people want to tell their stories beforethey die and all is lost.

27th April 2015

peggy
non-member comment

Wow! you took in a lot of info. I would think both guide's views are correct.Some parts of France had been part of Germany in previous wars. But otherparts felt the full force of German occupation, with killing of civilians forreprisals,
etc. I will tell you I just learned this week that some American POWsspent several months in a concentration camp in Germany, alongsideJews, etc. Things keep coming out as people want to tell their stories beforethey die and all is lost.

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