Tanks and flowers in the Biville dunes – midweek photo post!

- September 20, 2017September 21, 2017

From the mid 1970's until 2014 the dunes between Biville and the sea were occupied by the French army. Here 300 hectares of unique sandy landscape shook to the sound of explosions and gunfire, as soldiers from all over the region came to do manoeuvres and target practise. Now all

American soldier in Normandy; drawings from 1944

- September 7, 2017July 10, 2018

Victor Alfred Lundy was 21 years old when he was shipped out to Europe, in August 1944. D-Day and the army had changed his plans from architecture, to the infantry. Enlisting Victor enlisted in the army in December of 1941, the day after the bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbour. He was accepted into

A family remembers liberation; Sainte-Mère-Église, 1944

Manche
WW2

- March 25, 2017February 11, 2018

In the early hours of June 6, 1944, a man knocked loudly on the door of Alexandre Renaud, Mayor of Sainte-Mère-Église. Since the town's occupation by the enemy in 1940 there had been a strict curfew. This late night visit could only mean an emergency. The visitor explained rapidly that a house

When Hollywood met Normandy, on Sword Beach, 1944

Calvados
WW2

- July 23, 2016February 11, 2018

There is a famous black and white film, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck with the best intentions of exposing the horror and bravery of war. He had determined to make a revolutionary, realistic movie to parade before audiences who were just boys and girls during WW2. The film would be about 6 June 1944, it

Where is Colbert Marie? The Caen prison massacre of 6 June 1944

Calvados
WW2

- July 14, 2016July 31, 2026

First published 2016/05/14 We discovered this moment in Caen WW2 history reading the marvelous magazine Patrimone Normand ‘Normandy Heritage’ who have very kindly allowed us to use some of their photographs. Caen in the spring of 1944 One spring evening in 1944 Colbert Marie, age 17, left his boxing club with friends the

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