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Key stage 3 (11-14)

The D-Day Landing Beaches

Guided tours

How the site visits are organised:

  • The guide meets you at the Caen Mémorial museum, in your coach (which must be fitted with a microphone).
  • During the outbound trip, the guide gives an introduction which sets the D-Day landings against the general background of the Second World War. They explain why Normandy was chosen to reconquer Europe, and the stakes involved in the D-Day landings.
  • At the end of the circuit, return to the museum to drop the guide off.

The 3h30 circuit (visit 2 sites)

  • The Longues-sur-Mer Battery
  • The American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer

or

  • The German cemetery in La Cambe
  • The American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer

The 5h circuit (visit 4 sites)

  • Arromanches artificial harbour
  • The American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer
  • Omaha Beach
  • Pointe du Hoc

Send us a message at resa@memorial-caen.fr or contact us on social networks for further information.
For any reservation please call +332 31 06 06 45.

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