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France - D-day Coast - Memorials -
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Along the D-day coast at Normandy there are at lot
of small memorial sites, statues, historical building and historical
places that are not a part of any museum, but they add to the
understanding of the magnitude of the D-day operation on the 6th of
June 1944. In this photo section you can find pictures from some of
these more "unknown" places.
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Along the D-day coast you find a lot
of old British and American tanks that are left as a memorial for
the fighting that took place in this specific area on the 6th of
June 1944. Many of these tanks have an interesting story to tell.
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Along the D-day coast you find a lot
of memorials like this one. See the next picture to see the text on
this type of memorials.
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A simple text in memory of the D-day
landing.
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A Canadian D-day
memorial made out of an old German bunker - right at the D-day beach.
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A typical D-day
memorial made out of an old German bunker - right at the D-day beach.
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The anchor from the Norwegian destroyer "Svenner"
that was sunk during the D-day landing is now a memorial for the
Norwegian sailors that took part in the D-day landing.
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See more pictures from
D-day coast - Normandy
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Find a list of all the D-day museums and sights
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Photo:
euro-t-guide.com - Summer 2006.
Feel free to use the pictures if you want to, but please remember to
refer to "euro-t-guide.com" as the photographer.
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