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Landing in Normandy

France Landing Normandy That this war may never ever be forgotten, and never ever anywhere happen again. That when we stand together, we can overcome every injustice.

Follow a trail thru France, Belgium, Germany all the way to where the trains stopped.

Itinerary (4 to 5 days)

Arrive and visit 1 museum and 1 beach

Picto Route 100km, 4 musea, 3 monuments, 1 beach

Visit 1 beach, 2 musea and one of the ports

Picto Route 53km, 2 beaches, 1 museum and 2 army vehicles

Picto Route 358km with sleepover in Le Crotoy and visit La Coupole on your way back North direction Calais.

Picto Camping or Park4NighClick to see good camping spot Right behind Utah beach
Picto POI Allied forces
Picto Film D-day 1944, short documentary movie
picto walker Picto Museum Museum Utah beach landing
Picto POI Location of the allies
Parking Picto Museum Aireborn museum, The church of Sainte-Mère-Église, Picto Wiki
Parking Picto Museum D-Day 3D experience
Parking Picto Viewpoint Point Hoc
Parking Picto Museum Museum D-Day Omaha
Parking Picto Museum Overlord museum
Parking American CemetryOmaha beach
Parking Picto Viewpoint Guns of Longues-sur-Mer
Park4NighClick to see good camping spot
Picto Film The Longest day
Picto Museum Gold beach, remains of Port Mulburry, Objects and uniforms in the Liberator museum, D-day museum gold beach
Picto POI Location of the allies
Parking Juno Beach, Juno Beach center
Drive past Sword Beach, a Churchill Avre Tank and British Centaur Mk. 4 Tank
Park4NighClick to see good camping spot
Picto Film Where Eagles Dare
Picto-drinks Drink Calvados
Picto Museum Museum Le grand bunker, Museum 4th Commando
Park4NighClick to see good camping spot Not the most beautiful, but well located.
  Picto town Le CrotoyBaie de Somme
  Picto-food Taste mussels or seafood
Parking Picto Museum La Coupole

Continue thru Belgium: De ijzer streek, Battle of the Bulge and the Siegfriedline.

Other places you can visit:

  • Musée de la Reddition du 7 mai 1945, Reims, France

  • Oradour-Sur-Glane (87), France

Vosges

France Vosges

A range of low mountains East of France.

Picto Wiki

Picto TripAdvisor

  • Gerardmer

  • La Bresse (ski)

  • Epinal

  • Saint Die de Vosges

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