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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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A US National Guard memorial - built
on the top of a German World War II costal bunker.
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A Sexton self-propelled gun used as a
memorial. This is just one among many armoured vehicles that are
used as memorials along the D-day coast.
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A "classic" D-day memorial at Omaha Beach. You find
a lot of these memorials along the D-day coast.
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A "modern" D-day memorial at Omaha Beach.
Some like it others don't.
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At most of the memorial sites at the
D-day coast you will find signs telling the story of the memorial -
or telling the story of the fighting that took place at this
specific spot on D-day.
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A simple memorial stone at a D-day beach.
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See more pictures from
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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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