Landing beaches

This region which spreads along the sandy beaches of the Bessin is rich in hectic historical stories which are available from ancient civilizations. But it is indeed the 1944 landing events that remain engraved in priority in memories. A few kilometers from the Rançonnière farm, the vast sand fields which were also battlefields still carry the stigma of operations which marked the Second World War and today, these places loaded with stories have become spaces of meditation, so as not to forget!

Thus, from GrandCamp Maisy to Ver-sur-Mer, via Colleville-sur-Mer, many museums and other various places display a rich diversity of themes which retrace the recent past.

Landing Museum-4117 Arromanches (7km from Crepon)

Museum which recounts the construction and functioning of the artificial port installed in Arromanches the day after June 6 and which was decisive in the Battle of Normandy. http://www.normandy1944.com/

Museum of submarine wrecks-4520 Port en Bessin (18km from Crepon)

Twenty-five years of underwater exploration allowed the rise of wrecks, vestiges and objects of all kinds found in warships. Arromanches 360 - 14117 Arromanches

http://www.arromanches360.com/

OMAHA BEACH-14710 Saint-Laurent sur Mer Memorial Museum (40km from Crepon)

This museum is located in the American sector near the Place d'Omaha Beach. He traces all the phases of the landing.

http://www.musee-memoral-omaha.com/

American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer (42 km from Crepon)

The American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer was inaugurated in 1956. 9,387 US soldiers who fell on the beaches of Normandy, 307 of which have never been identified are based there. This cemetery extends over an area of ​​70 hectares. He dominates Omaha Beach beach.