My reflections on traveling through the region of France that was invaded on D-Day June 6, 1944 by Canadian, British and American forces.
Batterie du Longues
Batterie du Longues
Towering over the beaches, the great guns of "Battery du Longues" were still in their massive concrete emplacements, only
one of which had been destroyed.
one of which had been destroyed.
Another
Hate to have been in there
My son Daniel who accompanied me on another trip to Normandy in 2006.
Inside one of the turrets of the Batterie du Longues guns.
Inside one of the turrets of the Batterie du Longues guns.
Gives new meaning to the term "Toy Gun"
Canadian Cemetery at Juno
Over the next few days, I visited the other invasion beaches. At Arromanches the skeletal remains of the "Mulberry Harbour" (artificial harbour made by sinking giant hollow concrete "caissons" and surplus ships) that was used to make up for the lack of natural ones, still surrounds the bay.
This German pillbox is actually in St. Malo but it so demonstrates the violence of the invasion. These are the results of American Tanks taking on a German machine gun pillbox. It is close to 25 cm thick steel. It is interesting to note that there is only one hole which penetrated the metal.