2. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline that was ...

For more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website. Normandy American D-Day Beaches Full Day Tour from Bayeux (1471 reviews) Normandy ...

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an easy daytrip that's especially popular with travelers interested in seeing Monet's house and gardens or the D-Day Beaches. But if you only ...

You just went and did it.” Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Today, Goss is one of an estimated 100 to 150 World War II veterans ...

It involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands of troops on five separate beaches in Normandy. More than a year in the planning, D-Day was originally set to start on 5 June, judged to ...

Normandy has served as a place of pilgrimage for Second World War veterans for many decades. Besides the five D-Day beaches (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword), the region is dotted with numerous ...