D-Day Landing Beaches

You've probably heard the D-Day tale many times before. How On June 6, 1994, Operation Overlord was launched, with almost 6000 ships and boats going directly for the beaches of northern Normandy, unloading tens of thousands of Allied forces onto their dunes. These beaches, once the sites of history's greatest seaborne invasion, today draw tens of thousands of tourists who come to pay their respects and witness relics of the 76-day Battle of Normandy, which claimed over 200,000 lives and permanently transformed the globe.

Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword are the names of the 80km of beaches north of Bayeux where it all happened. Each witnessed a distinct facet of the fight and has left its mark in the shape of memorials, bunkers, and abandoned batteries. These landmarks, as well as the six museums that describe the complicated tale of the event, should be included in a tour to the D-Day Landing beaches.

Location: Normandy, France