Normandy, D-Day places.2010

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My last work in France.


NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE SUR MER
The town lies along the stretch of coastline designated as Gold Beach during the D-Day landings , one of the beaches used by British troops in the Allied invasion. Arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry Harbours built on the Normandy coast, the other one built further West at Omaha Beach. Sections of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches still remain today with huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand, and more can be seen further out at sea.

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ARROMANCHES LES BAINS
The town lies along the stretch of coastline designated as Gold Beach during the D-Day landings , one of the beaches used by British troops in the Allied invasion. Arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry Harbours built on the Normandy coast, the other one built further West at Omaha Beach. Sections of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches still remain today with huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand, and more can be seen further out at sea.

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It's been 5 years since I've been at Omaha beach or the other locations in Normandy. Beautiful countryside with a lot of history (WW2 and otherwise)

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Coleville-sur-Mer, Argus C-3

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2006, Back to the Bocage Tour, Argus C-3. Between the Omaha Beach Camping and the Museum.
 
Normandy is great, went there in 2005 and stayed on an old farm near Bayeux. :) (no "serious" photographs from there, only touristy snaps and some "postcards", and above all not on my harddrive right now, otherwise I would post some).
 
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