First published here 2015 Our new series of day trips for Normandy fans begins with an emotional visit to the D-Day landing beaches. This is a long day, but one that will stay with you forever. Best to plan ahead and have drinks, snacks and a packed lunch with you. Useful museum
Tag: 6 June 1944
A baptism of fire, on Juno Beach 6 June 1944
Our postcard photographer standing on Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer beach at the turn of the century could not have foretold the horrors this pretty seaside town would endure in 1944. By June 6 1944 the seafront villas are heavily fortified, a 50mm gun emplacement dominates the shoreline and a vicious web of beach defences stand between