I usually don’t advertise for my competitors but this is something completely different so the say…

Let’s say you do a 1 day tour with me and I’m not available the next day but you still wanted to see Arromanches and the remains of the artificial harbour , then you can grab a bus in Bayeux that will take you there but there will be no explanations (so read up on it before going)

Starting April 1st 2018 with the help of the Normandy region as well as the tourist offices of Bayeux Intercom and Isigny-Omaha a special bus line for going to certain D-Day sites will be put in place.

The bus driver is just that don’t ask him to guide that’s not his role, but apparently there’s a high demande to go from Bayeux to the D-Day sites and to travel from Arromanches to Pointe-du-Hoc.

So basically it’s a bus line that goes to the different points of interest but also if you just want to go to the beach to enjoy it for what it is then you can grab a shuttle in Bayeux city center and go off to the beach without the stress of looking for a parking space. Ticket bought in the bus (cash only) This will be in service from April 1st to September 30th

Tickets sold at Bayeux and Isigny-sur-Mer tourist offices. Price depending on distance.

The Normandy Victory Museum is located between Catz & Brévands Along N13 direction Cherbourg

The Normandy Victory Museum has a very big collection of several private collectors who have lent theirs to the museum, lots of mannequins but also several vehicles plus a film explaining “the battle of the hedgerows”.

They have a restaurant that can sit up to 100 people and a gift shop plus other nice amenities (for kids too). You can go on a piper cub type of plane it’s € 70.00 for 20 minutes and you can fly over the important D-Day sites.

Prices : € 9.00 for adults
€ 6.00 for kids

Website :
www.normandy-victory-museum.com

What’s going on in Sainte Mere Eglise at the Airborne Museum this year?

This year (2018) at the Airborne museum in Sainte Mere Eglise
there will be an special section of the museum dedicated to the ” Shadow Agents”
men and women who were never seen but worked in the shadows
to secure the liberation of France.
Secret operations that took place in France from 1940 to 1945
Find out why and who were these Secret service agents

Info at : www.airborne-museum.org/en/

Overlord Military Events in Normandy from June 2nd to June 6th 2018

For the first time in Normandy
sign up with Overlord Miltary Events :

Historical shows and militaria conventions, parades of original vehicles civilian and military.
Cars, Jeeps, trucks, and tanks
of not only allied forces but also the axis of evil.
There will be showsas well and uniques models presented for that period.
Take advantage of these special days
and events to do a combo of visiting,
seeing and experiencing what it’s like to be in Normandy,
after you can even visit the museum,
pay hommage to the men buried
at the American Military cemetery
and finish off by a walk down on the beach.

This is taking place around,
next to and in the Overlord Museum in Colleville-sur-Mer 14170.

Information and program at : www.overlordmuseum.com/en

The 1st Engineer Batalion had the task of clearing the beaches of Normandy but there would also clear mines, re-build roads and bridges that had been destroyed by Germans or Americans.
Our engineers would build supply dumps for ammunition and fuel, field hospitals, communication tents, & prisoner of war camps. These men would also be re-building the port of Cherbourg after it was taken and secured by  Joe “Lightning” Collins.

There are many markers along the roads here in Normandy, giving you name and ranck and what regiment he was from, unfortunately they are NOT being upkept. They have the initial and last name of the soldier, his rank and what regiment he belonged to. The date when he was killed.

In June there are many things going on
but this year most of the festivites
are going to take place over the week
end Saturday June 2nd and Sunday June 3rd 2018

In Carentan we have the “Arizona Camp” in a field as it was last year many vehicles (military and civilian), and people dressed up as they were in 1944. It’s going to take place from Friday June 1st to Sunday June 3rd, if you’re going to be in the area please make sure to check it out as it’s always a great place to hang out at and take some of those “vintage” pictures for quality pictures to later hang up on your wall. The “Arizona” re-enactor’s camp will be in it’s seventh year, there are about a hundred vehicles expected both miltary and civilian. Friday evening there will be a DJ playing “swing” music and on Saturday evening a local band called the “Witch Doctors” playing rock and rock-a-billy style tunes. On Friday June 1st around 2:30 pm there will (still) be around 10 World War 2 veterans that you can meet and why not shake hands to thank them for their service. Get your picture taken with them while they sign you an autograph. Saturday for lunch a huge picnic will take place on the grounds where the camp will be at. On Sunday morning from Carentan there will be a vehicules parade.

2018 June 6th : The 74th D-Day Anniversay in Normandy will have official ceremonies in these places :
Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Carentan, Utah Beach and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

Every year historic paratroop drops, parades and military vehicles, militaria fairs and military marches as well as reconstructed US camps of the time and of course officials ceremonies take place. This year in 2018 June 6th falls on a Wednesday so a huge chunk of the festivities will take place over the June 2nd and 3rd weekend.

Omaha 1944 Exibit

Now, every day up until November 11th 2017

A photographic exibit of places at the time on Omaha beach that were taken
and are presented on billboards
in Saint Laurent sur Mer right by the beach,
next to the memorial (a tourist kiosk is nearby).

A little booklet is handed out free
to dicover the exibit and the trail to follow
“places of D-Day on Omaha Beach”
Accesible to children for information call : 02 31 22 40 51