D-Day June 6

 In honour of those who paid the ultimate price.

Last week we spent 5 days touring Normandie and gained a deeper understanding of the sacrifices that were made on this day, 79 years ago, in order to secure freedom. 

Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville sur Mer

The graves of 9,386 men

This is how the graves were marked on the battle fields

1,557 names on the Walls of the Missing

The Normandy American Memorial

Omaha Beach

Some of the obstacles faced during the landing at Omaha beach




A cold and very windy ‘summer’ day at Omaha Beach

The German batteries overlooking Omaha Beach




German bunker and shell craters




American Sherman and German MkIV






German 88mm gun and beach obstacle

Maisy Battery

German artillery battery near the village of Grandcamp-Maisy