Memorial
Museum
of the Battle of Normandy

Inside the Battle of Normandy 7 June to 29 August 1944

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Summer 1944, the Battle of Normandy

Located at the gateway to the D-Day beaches, the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy is the only museum which presents all of the military operations which took place on Norman soil over the summer months of 1944.

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Your visit to the memorial museum

Located just a few kilometres from the D-Day beaches, the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy shows visitors all the key phases of the fighting and the day by day advances of the forces involved. It is essential preparation for visiting the memorial sites of summer 1944.

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Historic sites of the Battle of Normandy

Operation Overlord was the code name given to the enormous Allied offensive which was launched on 6 June 1944 to liberate Europe. There are still many places of memory here and visiting them is an unmissable part of a stay in Normandy.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

By car

from Caen: N13 wayout 36 to Bayeux
From Rennes : A84 or E03 to Caen wayout 43, then D6

By plane

From Paris airports, get a train from gare Saint-Lazare until Bayeux train station

By train

Stop at Bayeux train station
Pedestrian way to the museums within a 10 to 15 minute-walk