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  • The Normandy, France coastline with remains of a portable harbor that the Allies set up to bring in armor, men and supplies to Normandy.
  • This is what the Allies faced in trying to reach the hills above the beaches. The Germans had machine guns guarding the beaches.
  • The young people of France still have an interest in WWII and the Allies liberation of France.
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  • One of the big guns that the Germans had above the Normandy beaches. These guns could hit distant ships and the beaches.
  • Muzzle of one of the big German artillery guns guarding the Normandy coast.
  • Massive concrete bunkers for the German guns.
  • Jan on top of one of the massive bunkers.
  • The French school children are requred to visit the Normandy beaches during their schooling. We saw a number of classes learning about D-Day and the Allied invasion. This bunker was used by the Germans as a lookout and to direct the fire from the big guns.
  • This is a view from within a German bunker that was used to spot Allied ships and direct the fire of the big guns. We can only imagine the view when the thousands of Allied ships came into view on June 6, 1944 for the invasion.
  • What remains of one of the big German guns. It was destroyed by an Allied bomb or artillery shell.
  • The Allies did extensive bombing by planes and artillery to knock out the big German guns.
  • This massive bunker was hit by the Allies.
  • The bomb craters from Allied airplanes and ship artillery are still very visible. The Allies were trying to knock out the big German guns prior to the invasion.
  • One of the bomb craters created by Allied bombs or artillary. This was a tour group posing for a photo.
  • Looking down on Omaha Beach from the hill top - where so many Americans died on D-Day.
  • Omaha Beach.
  • We aren't sure but we think this is an old Allied landing craft. The tide was out so we could see some of the remaining wreckage from the 1944 invasion.
  • This a view up the hill from Omaha Beach. The Allies had to fight their way to the top with many killed.
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