Normandy France
Visiting the Normandy area is a lesson in WW2 history. We were there during the D-Day period and everywhere you looked there were US, English, French & Canadian flags flying, while old army jeeps with soldiers drove the country roads into the towns of liberation. It is quite a moving experience to visit the memorials to the allied soldiers who died. We visited Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Ste-Mere-Eglise, Arromanches-les-Bains, and Pointe-du-Hoc. It is such a nice area of France with its beautiful landscape and picturesque villages.
Note: Check out the church tower, there is a replica of a paratrooper hanging. The guy that landed on the tower actually survived the war. The third picture is Pointe Du Hoc. It is a cliff situated between Omaha and Utah beach and was heavily fortified by the Germans. A battalion of Rangers climbed the 250ft cliff and managed to hold it till reinforcements arrived.
