Sword Beach

A drive along the DDay beaches of Sword, Gold, Juno and Omaha. We stopped at various points and tried to imagine the landings and bravery of the combatants. Hard to imagine today the fierce fighting that took place on those sandy beaches and in the streets behind. Stopped at Juno beach and explored the Canadian memorial, including some German bunkers and observation points.

Lunch on the hillop near Arromanche, overlooking the remains of the harbour created by the Allies to facilitate the offloading of 2.5 million men and 6,000 tons of material everyday to support Operation Overlord.Read more