Saint-Mère-Eglise

I meet Philip at the market square in St Mère-Eglise. He is Irish and has several bicycles on several continents - so that's how it works!

I then visit the Airborne Museum, which focuses on the paratrooper units in the Second World War. The subject is really well covered in the media and what fascinates me most are the operations to cover up the Normandy landings:
- Complete bases were built and managed so that they looked functional from the outside.
- Even radio messages, non-existent units and even gossip on the false bases were spread by radio and radio stations.
- In parallel with the Normandy landings, dummies were parachuted into other locations to simulate an invasion elsewhere.Read more