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Airborne Museum - Sainte Mère Église

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Sherman tank at museum entrance

Sherman tank explanation

William H. Tucker, explanation

Museum entrance

Flags museum entrance

Sherman tank at museum entrance

Anti-aircraft gun at museum entrance

Airborne soldier

Hand grenade

Dog tags

Various rifles

Smith and Wesson revolver

Colt 45 automatic

Various rifles

Thompson sub-machine gun

Model of battle site

French newspaper report of battle

Stars and Stripes newspaper

Gliders and planes ready to cross the Channel

Waco glider

Waco glider explanation

Waco glider

Waco glider explanation

Rommel's asparagus tips

Crash landing

Painting of a glider landing

The glider has landed

Waco glider

Waco glider interior

American soldier

American soldiers

Douglas C-47

Tractor crawler ID plate

Tractor crawler

US Army Cushman airborne scouter model 53

Field mortar

Machine gun

Chain saw

Machine gun

Amunition box

Parachutist with medical gear

Camouflage

Captured trophy

American newspaper

American Jeep

US army uniform

Combat soldiers

Women in uniform

Field mortar

American soldiers

Beaufort anti aircraft gun

Routes across the Channel

Airborne Plan

82nd division plan

101st division plan

M3 submachine gun -'The Greasegun'

Glider release mechanism on tail of Dakota

American soldiers

Various medals and dog tags

Map of Sainte Mere Eglise

American cigarette ration

Phrase books for GIs

Field medics at work

Interior design resembles a parachute

Photos of the action

German soldier's dagger

German 'Bouncing Betty' mine

French phrase book for Germans

German weapons

Bohmische model 27 semi automatic pistol

Nazi medals and spectacles

Photographs of a visit by Hitler

Nazi badges

Hilt of a Nazi dagger

Nazi dagger and belt buckle

A german soldiers personal kit

Various regimental badges

Symbols of a soldiers reunion

Yorkshire regimental badges

Aircraft ID plate

US Army half track

American cemetery - Colleville.

The Longest Night plaque

The American monuments commision

Memorial

Memorial sculpture

Map showing the development of the beachhead

Map showing allied advance

Monument to the embattled shore

Map showing amphibious assault landings

Memorial inscription

Flag over the cemetery

Omaha beach

Memorial with reflecting pool

Row after row of war dead

Memorial chapel inscription

Memorial chapel

Flags of the allies

Inscription on the wall of the chapel

Chapel ceiling

Roll of honour

Floral tribute at the roll of honour

Plaque commerating air action on dday

German occupied Europe December'41 to June'43

German occupied Europe June'43 to August'44

German occupied Europe August'44 to May'45

Monument explaining the maps

Location map at Colleville-sur-mer

Arromanches - Mulberry Harbour - Musée du Débarquement - Gold Beach.

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Remains of Mulberry Harbour caisson on Gold beach, Arromanches

Part of a harbour construction used as a bridge until 2004, Arromanches

Memorials to different organisations that participated in the landing, Arromanches

Musée du Débarquement entrance, Arromanches

American half-track

25lb field gun

25lb field gun explanation

25lb field gun

Bofors 40mm cannon

Bofors 40mm cannon explanation

Bronze plaque at the entrance depicting landings, Arromanches

Major war leadership

Colt 45 pistol

US M1 carabine

British Sten gun

Browning machine gun

Photo taken during the landings, Arromanches

Model explanation

Model depicting Mulberry harbour, Arromanches

Model of German fortifications

Model depicting Mulberry harbour, Arromanches

Mulberry 'B' map

Dress uniform

Bomb aimer had to use oxygen

RAF uniform

Member of the Airborne Division

Deep diver

RAF uniform

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Black Watch of Canada beret

Campaign ribbons

Decorations of General BB Talley

British Gallantry awards

French decorations

Headline in the Daily Telegraph

Explanation of the American sector

Evolution of the front line

Landing craft model

Communication centre

Observation post

Infantry badge

US Airborne Division badge

VC recipient Stanley Hollis

French commando Kieffer

Memorial to General Sir Alexander Stanier

Bayeux Cathedral

Cathedral exterior

Cathedral Nave

Memorial stained glass window, Bayeux Cathedral

Memorial to 56th Infantry Brigade

Memorial to Lieutenant Colnel A. Peter Dewey

Memorial to fighters in First World War

Memorial to 50th Northumbrian Division

Bayeux Memorial Museum

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Museum entrance

Sherman Tank ID plate

Sherman Tank

Sherman Tank track detail

Tank ID number

US star

Churchill Crocodile

Jagd-Panzer Hetzer

Military Police memorial

Regimental memorials

Notts, Sherwood Rangers, Yeomanry memorial

2nd Battlion the Essex Regiment memorial

US memorial to liberty

British Cemetery - Ryes

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Cemetery entrance

Bazenville in the spring

Row after row of war dead

Unknown British sailor

Row after row of war dead

Memorial

Unknown German soldier

Row after row of war dead

British Cemetery - Bayeux

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Roll of Honour

Cemetery register

Memorial register

Roll of Honour

Bayeux war cemetery register

Bayeux war cemetery

Row after row of war dead

Memorial to a soldier of the East Yorkshire Regiment

Row after row of war dead

Explanation of the Battle of Normandy

Explanation of the map of theBattle of Normandy

Row after row of war dead

Grave of an unknown soldier

A wife's memorial to her husband

Row after row of war dead

Grave of a soldier in the Royal Hussars

Grave of a soldier in the Hampshire Regiment

Row after row of war dead

Eternal memorial

Row after row of war dead

German war dead

Graves in front of Bayeaux Cathedral

Row after row of war dead

A sailors grave

Springtime blossom in the cemetery

Row after row of war dead

Poppy memorials

6th June DDay

Caen Memorial

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Caen Memorial entrance

Quote from Eisenhower's rallying speech

Memorial to all allied fighters in Normandy campaign

Hawker Typhoon explanation

Hawker Typhoon

Caen after heavy bombing

Model of armed cargo vessel

Model of US aircraft carrier

Explanation of Normandy landings

Map of Normandy landings

Model of beach defence bunker

Atlantic defences

German officers inspecting defences

Speech by Albert Speer

The French call DDay 'JDay'

Memorial to 50 000 000 victims of war

Mural Normandy advance time line

The main participants in the battle for Normandy

Bailey bridge

Bailey bridge explanation

Nazi rally

Nazi memorabilia

Newspaper seller

Sandbag protection of Cleopatra's Needle in Paris

The collapse of France

Map of German occupied Europe in 1942

Reporting wartime news

Nazi retribution

Carving on a prison cell wall

All Jews had to wear badges

Prison camp uniform

Field dressings

American jeep

UK and US provisions

Coastal gun position

Coastal barbed wire defences

German V1 rocket

Guard at a gun emplacement

Industrial production in Germany by sector

Eisenhower and Montgomery

The International Park

Café Gondrée

Adjacent to the 'Pegasus Bridge' is a café owned by the Gondree family. 0n June 6th 1944 this was the first building to be liberated in France.

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The new Pegasus Bridge and Café Gondrée

The new Pegasus Bridge

The new Pegasus Bridge and Café Gondrée

Pegasus Bridge explanation

Welcome to Café Gondrée

Café Gondrée

Tank guarding the bridge

Explanation

A sign of French gratitude

Memorial at Horsa bridge

Modern bridge over the canal

D-Day Omaha Museum

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Entrance to museum

Beach anti tank defences

Landing craft

Landing craft interior

Rusting relic of the landing

Shell damage to metal pill-box

Rusted gun barrel by side of the road

Anti-aircraft gun

Field gun

Concrete shelter

Heavy Artillery

Eisenhower Memorial

D-Day Landing

Liberation Memorial

Eisenhower Memorial

German cemetery - La Cambe

Explanation of the cemetery

Map of the cemetery

Memorial to the dead through the arch

Memorial to the dead

Memorial to a German soldier

Memorial to the dead

Soldiers' graves

Commemorative plaque

Soldiers' graves

Memorial to war dead

Gold Beach Roadside Memorials

Memorial to Robert Kiln

Commorative plaque

Explanation board

Sexton self-propelled gun

Sexton self-propelled gun in action

Explanation of 'King Sector' Gold Beach

Memorial to 86th(Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

Juno Beach - Corseulles

Memorial to First Canadian Scottish Regiment

Memorial to crew of La Combattante Free French destroyer

Sherman tank memorial to Canadian troops

Explanation in French

Explanation in English

Sherman tank memorial to Canadian troops

Map of the landing beaches

Explanation of Use of Corseulles sur Mer

Memorial to first allied landing and landing of General de Gaul

German anti tank gun

The beach at Corseulles sur Mer

Memorial to XXIInd Dragoons

Memorial to Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Explanation of Canadian 7th Brigade

Memorial to General de Gaul

Explanation of General de Gaul

Memorial to 5th field Company RCE

Memorial RCME

Corseulles War memorial

Explanation of important visitors to Juno Beach

Explanation of French Units used on DDay

Juno beach

Concrete gun plinth

Juno beach

Cosy's bunker explanation

Explanation of action by Canada's First Hussars

Cosy's bunker

Art work at Juno beach

Cosy's bunker explanation

Cosy's bunker

Merville Battery

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Lieutenant-Colonel Otway

Field artillery

9th Batallion Parachute Regiment memorial

German bunker

Explanation of the assault on Melville Battery

German army equipment

Anti tank mine pressure plate

Explanation of No3 Commando action

Details of the attack

People who participated in the attack

Photos of battalion members

German soldier on guard

Parachute soldiers kit

Map showing Melville battery location

Detailed map of 9th Parachute battalion attack

9th Parachute battalion memorial

Explanation of the assault on Melville Battery

Pegasus Bridge, Sword Beach and coastline

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Entrance to the museum

Heavy artillery

Half-track vehicle

Anti-aircraft gun

Heavy artillery

Tank shell

M3 Stuart reconnaissance vehicle and German V1 rocket

German V1 rocket

M3 Stuart reconnaissance vehicle

The original Pegasus Bridge

Bailey bridge

Bailey Bridge drawings

Bailey Bridge construction items

Christmas card from Hitler to the 'Experimantal bridging establishment'

Model of Bailey Bridge

Bailey Bridge explanation

Horsa glider explanation

Horsa glider

Horsa glider interior

Horsa glider

Remains of a Horsa glider

Model of Pegasus Bridge

The occupation

Sample of German army kit

Gas mask

Sample of British Army kit

RAF uniform

String vest

Mortars and guns

Machine guns

Equipment used in the landing

Bren gun

Model of a Horsa glider

Drawing of Hamilcar glider

Control column and glider release on Horsa glider

Glider technical drawing

Artists impression of glider landing

Officer's uniform 6th Airborne Division

Bravery medal

Original sign from Pegasus Bridge

Aerial photo of Caen with the 2 bridges over the river and canal

Communication gear

Airborne soldier

Re-supplies

Gas mask

Sergeant's battle dress

Parachute Regiment's battle dress

Denison smock

Model of German defenders of the bridge

Memorial to Lance Corporal Brian J Mullen

Model of Pegasus bridge

Dummy parachutist to confuse the enemy

Field medics equipment

Gas mask

Model of Bailey bridge

Memorial to Lieutenant H.D.Brotheridge

3D art work showing Pegasus bridge

Model of German bunker

Anti-aircraft gun

Graves of French commandos

Memorial to French commando Commandant P Kieffel

Explanation of cemetery

Sword landing memorial

Sword beach

German bunker on the beach

German gun emplacement

Sword beach memorial

Pointe du Hoc Battery

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Assault explanation

layout of the site

Pointe du Hoc

View across the Channel

Cratered landscape after bombing

Memorial on the headland

Memorial to the 2nd Ranger Battalion

Battery ruins

Remains of underground ammunition store

Battery ruins

Remains of underground ammunition store

Battery ruins

Solid concrete almost impossible to demolish

Battery ruins

Remains of underground ammunition store

Battery ruins

Remains of underground ammunition store

Sainte Marie du Mont

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Musee de L'Occupation

Sainte Marie church

Explanation board on water pump

Explanation board number 5

Explanation board number 5 outside a villa

Explanation board number 6

Explanation board number 7

Memorial to US Infantry Division

Explanation board number 8

Explanation of the invasion

Explanation board number 10

Explanation board number 11

Road named after Private Fitts

Sainte Mère Église and café wall

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The assault on the church

The west end of the church today

John Steele snagged on the bell tower

John Steele

Memorial window to the assault

Explanation of part of the assault

Messages and memorials to combatants on cafe wall

Memorial to US paratroops

Utah Beach

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Entrance to Utah Beach museum

Explanation of the action

Utah beach sign

Utah beach

Bunker on the beach

Coastal anti tank defences

Remains of a bunker on the beach

Gun emplacement

Amphibious craft

Howitzer gun and Sherman tank

Howitzer gun

Sherman tank

Field gun

Explanation of Roosevelt restaurant

Sign post to Berlin and New York

Sign post to Azeville

Sign post to Weymouth

Monument to 4th Infantry Division

The milestone '00' marker

Monument to Dwight D Eisenhower

The 1st engineer special brigade monument

Coast Guard monument

The landings headquarters building

Monument to General Caffey

The 90th infantry division monument

Federal monument of the United States of America