Ste Mère Eglise (Saint Mother Church)
Ste Mere Eglise, first liberated city, pays homage to its liberators. From the night of June 5 to June 6, a house on fire illuminates the village when the paratroopers were dropped. One of them, John Steele, a soldier from the 82nd airborne division finds himself caught on the bell-tower of the church and sees his friends being slaughtered by the Germans that were present at this place.

La fière (The Proud)
Monuments and tomb markers remind us of the sacrifices American Paratroopers made: 4km to the west of Ste. Mere Eglise a group of the 505th regiment of the 82nd airborne undergo terrible losses but save their positions definitively. The bridge of the proud where violent combats took division ordered by the Dolan captain place on June 6.

Utah Beach
Utah Beach was one of the main beaches of disembarkation on June 6th, 1944. It was the least costly in human lives. The losses of the 4th division did not exceed 200 men on June 6th, 1944. The beach was in the hands of the allies rather fast, the meeting of the off-loaded troops and paratroopers was made

in the early afternoon. The evening of June 6th, 20,000 men and 1,700 vehicles found themselves on Utah Beach.

Batterie d’azeville
Built from 1941, located on the front East of Cotentin, the battery equipped with 4 powerful casemates equipped with 105mm French guns ,it covered the coast of the English Channel. From June 5th to 6th 1944, the battery of Azeville is attacked by parachutists of the allied troops fallen there by error, but very early the morning, it enters in

action against the American unloading of Utah Beach and considerably delays the allied forces. Bombarded and then attacked with the lance flame, the position falls on June 9, 1944. Today it is a museum which makes it possible to penetrate in 350 meters underground, but also to give a look into how daily life was for these 170 artillerists in these batteries.