History

Normandy American Cemetery

Normandy American Cemetery

Spread across 172.5 acres of green land, this was the first American cemetery on European soil, bearing tribute to 9,387 American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives here during the D-Day...
Musee de la Batterie Merville

Musee de la Batterie Merville

View the intricate embroidered cloth that tells the story of the events preceding the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Audio guided tours are available on request.
Airborne Museum, Ste Mere Eglise

Airborne Museum, Ste Mere Eglise

The Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mere-Eglise is the largest museum in Europe dedicated to the fighting undertaken by the US paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions on the morning of 6th...
Gun Batteries, Longues-sur-Mer

Gun Batteries, Longues-sur-Mer

Perched high on a cliff top, this German gun battery had a perfect strategic viewpoint overlooking the English Channel for potential allied attacks. Visit the battery and look across the Channel to...
Pegasus Bridge

Pegasus Bridge

Airborne troops descended and landed by gliders ready to take, hold and destroy the inland bridges. These would be vital for the troops arriving on the beaches to make their way inland to drive the...
Mulberry Harbour

Mulberry Harbour

The Mulberry Harbours were temporary harbours constructed for the Allied invasion to accelerate the process of offloading cargo onto beaches, so Allied troops were supplied as they advanced across...
Arromanches 360

Arromanches 360

Visit the 360 theatre on the Arromanches cliff top and experience ‘Normandy’s 100 Days’, a film that tells the story of the Battle of Normandy in a unique and visually exciting way.
Caen-Normandie Memorial Centre

Caen-Normandie Memorial Centre

A modern and interactive space, the Caen-Normandie Memorial Centre provides an overview of the causes and effects of war, as well as the continuation of war in modern day society. Educational...
Ranville Cemetery

Ranville Cemetery

Ranville was the first village to be liberated by the Allies on the morning of June 6th 1944, and the cemetery contains over 2,000 burials of British soldiers and other nationalities who lost their...
Pointe du Hoc

Pointe du Hoc

Visit the site where 225 US Army Rangers scaled the 30m high cliffs to disable the German artillery guns. Still relatively unchanged, exploring the German command post, concrete bunkers and casemates...
British Cemetery in Bayeux

British Cemetery in Bayeux

Reflect on the thousands of graves that commemorate the Commonwealth soldiers who lost their lives during the Second World War in these tranquil surroundings.
D-Day Landing Beaches

D-Day Landing Beaches

Let your students appreciate the scale of the landing beaches and understand the tremendous achievement of Operation Overlord with Allied troops arriving on five beaches. You’ll visit Utah, Omaha,...