D-Day Beaches, Normandy, France

D-Day Beaches, Normandy, France

The rural coastal Normandy countryside is an area of France famous as the land of Camembert (rich, soft, creamy cheese), Calvados (dry apple brandy), cider, seafood, and an area whose butter & cream based cuisine boasts a proud disdain for most things nouvelle....
American War Cemetery, Normandy, France

American War Cemetery, Normandy, France

By the summer of 1944, some 5 years after the outbreak of World War II, Hitler had a firm grip on the European continent, much to the ire of the English, French, Americans and Canadians (The Allies), most of whom were taking refuge across the English Channel in...
Caen, Normandy, France

Caen, Normandy, France

Caen is the capital and largest city of Basse Normandie, one of the 26 regions of France. It’s the city that nine hundred years ago was the favoured residence of William the Conqueror. He liked it so much that he made the city the capital of Northern Normandy...

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