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Visiting D Day beaches
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied Troops landed long a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”

More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircrafts supported the D-Day invasion. By day’s end, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy.

D Day Pointe du Hoc
The Pointe du Hoc
D Day American cemetery
The Colleville American cemetery		 D Day cost was high - more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded - but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.

Allied forces that saw combat on D Day came from Canada, the UK, the USA and France. In the weeks following the invasion Polish forces participated.

There were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, Australia and Norway.
France will never forget all those who fell in combat to free France and Europe from the Nazis.

A visit to D Day beaches and cemeteries is quite emotional. It can be done in one day from Paris.

Normandy altogether is also a beautiful area. We strongly recommend a D Day coach tour during your stay in Paris  (locate D day beaches on France map).

 D Day Arromanches beach
Arromanches

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