Ryes War Cemetery
Ryes War Cemetery is a Commonwealth cemetery in Normandy. There are almost a thousand soldiers buried here and the majority of them are British.On 6th June 1944 Allied troops landed on Normandy bea...
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Ranville - a British War Cemetery in Normandy
Ranville cemetery in Normandy is the final resting place of predominantly British soldiers killed in the Battle of Normandy. Many of the fallen were from the British 6th Airborne Division who attac...
La Pointe du Hoc - a D-Day Site
La Pointe du Hoc is a headland in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont in the Calvados region of Normandy. It’s set between Omaha and Utah beaches and was a German fortified stronghold protecting 6 artillery...