Guidebook for Grandcamp-Maisy
Sightseeing
Bayeux boasts a fabulous historic centre as well as its world-famous, unesco-listed tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The city had the great good fortune to be swiftly liberated by the allies in june 1944, but its war museum and British cemetery recall the sacrifices made in these parts.
More information can be found at: http://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/articles/bayeux-397-2.html
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Bayeux
Bayeux boasts a fabulous historic centre as well as its world-famous, unesco-listed tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The city had the great good fortune to be swiftly liberated by the allies in june 1944, but its war museum and British cemetery recall the sacrifices made in these parts.
More information can be found at: http://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/articles/bayeux-397-2.html
D-day Museum - Musée du débarquement: This permanent exhibition on the Normandy Landings was officially opened on June 5th 1954 in Arromanches. It was the first museum to be built in commemoration of June 6th 1944 and the Normandy Campaign. The D-day Museum overlooks the very spot where one of the Mulberry Harbours was constructed and where its remains can still be seen today, just a few hundred metres from the shore.
More information can be found at: http://www.musee-arromanches.fr/accueil/index.php?lang=uk
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Arromanches-les-Bains
D-day Museum - Musée du débarquement: This permanent exhibition on the Normandy Landings was officially opened on June 5th 1954 in Arromanches. It was the first museum to be built in commemoration of June 6th 1944 and the Normandy Campaign. The D-day Museum overlooks the very spot where one of the Mulberry Harbours was constructed and where its remains can still be seen today, just a few hundred metres from the shore.
More information can be found at: http://www.musee-arromanches.fr/accueil/index.php?lang=uk
The battle at Maisy was strategically important during the D-day landings. It was a battle which helped secure the foothold gained by the landings.
To quote the Top Secret British Cabinet meeting of July 1944… “Maisy was the only gun battery still offering resistance to the invasion and it was still firing at us on the 9th of June.”
It was the US Army Rangers job to stop that firing and they did so under fire and under extreme conditions. There was a 5 hour battle… smoke, bullets and explosions and devastation everywhere. Rangers were wounded but their bravery and the mission they undertook had never been discussed before – until the site was re-opened.
More information can be found at: http://www.maisybattery.com/
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Maisy Battery
7 Les PerruquesThe battle at Maisy was strategically important during the D-day landings. It was a battle which helped secure the foothold gained by the landings.
To quote the Top Secret British Cabinet meeting of July 1944… “Maisy was the only gun battery still offering resistance to the invasion and it was still firing at us on the 9th of June.”
It was the US Army Rangers job to stop that firing and they did so under fire and under extreme conditions. There was a 5 hour battle… smoke, bullets and explosions and devastation everywhere. Rangers were wounded but their bravery and the mission they undertook had never been discussed before – until the site was re-opened.
More information can be found at: http://www.maisybattery.com/