This year is the 75th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. It is a thought-provoking area. Today the beaches are peaceful and beautiful, but not so 75 years ago. There are 5 beaches that were the landing sites for the WWII invasion - Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, and Utah. All have memorials, museums, and cemeteries.
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| Map showing the D-Day landing sites. |
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| Juno Beach - landing site for the Canadian Infantry. |
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| Statue outside the Junu Beach Centre. |
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| An Inuksuk |
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| Juno Beach |
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| "Les Braves" sculpture by Anilore Banon located on Omaha Beach. |
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| Outside the new American Visitors Center at Omaha Beach. |
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| Garden of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery |
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| The cemetery contains 9,387 headstones for soldiers who died in combat. |
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| Utah Beach |
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| Utah Beach |
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| B26 bomber in the Utah Beach D-Day Landing Museum |
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| Display in the museum |
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| Statue of soldiers landing on the beach |
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| Utah beach |
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