Abbeys in Normandy by Driver-Guide France
Normandy from the 11.C became a center for monaticism !among the most famous of course the Mount Saint Michel and Trinity at Caen (abbey of the women ,commissionned by Mathilde ,the wife of William the Conqueror ) but also lesser known
but nevertheless very charming such as Cerisy la Forêt or Longues sur Mer !enjoy the visit !
LA DAMA DE TRÉVIÈRES (Normandía)
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Hoy queremos proponeros un destino fuera de las rutas habituales. Estamos en Trévières, conocido por sus marismas, para visitar a una mujer que fue testigo directo de la guerra.
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EL MUSEO AMERICA-GOLD BEACH (Ver-Sur-Mer, Normandía)
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Hoy visitamos el museo AMERICA - GOLD BEACH en Ver-Sur-Mer. Este pequeño pueblo costero normando vivió dos grandes acontecimientos durante el siglo XX: el amerizaje del avión America y el desembarco de la infantería británica en la playa Gold Beach en el Día-D.
De la mano de JEAN-PIERRE DUPONT, conservador del museo, vamos a conocer los secretos que esconde esta pequeña pero interesante colección.
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Atlantic wall near Ostend part seven of eight
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On 23 March 1942 Führer Directive Number 40 called for the official creation of the Atlantic Wall. Fortifications remained concentrated around ports and other strategic objectives until late in 1943 when defences were increased in other areas as the risk of invasion increased.
Organisation Todt, which had designed the Siegfried Line (Westwall) along the Franco-German border, was the chief engineering group responsible for the design and construction of the wall's major fortifications. In late 1943, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was assigned taken out of the Italy and given the job of improving defences. Starting off in Denmark and working his way down the coast, Rommel believed the existing coastal fortifications were entirely inadequate and he immediately began strengthening them. Under his direction, a string of reinforced concrete pillboxes was built along the beaches, or sometimes slightly inland, to house machine guns, antitank guns and light artillery. Mines and antitank obstacles were planted on the beaches themselves and underwater obstacles and mines were placed in waters just off shore. Rommel believed that he needed to destroy the Allied invasion before it could unload, as once it was ashore he knew from experience in north Africa that there would be no way of stopping it.
Until 6 June 1944, the Germans had laid almost six million mines in northern France alone. Aware of the danger of paratroop landings behind the sea front defences, Rommel ordered gun emplacements and minefields extended inland, along roads leading away from the beaches. In likely landing spots for gliders and parachutists, the Germans emplaced slanted poles with sharpened tops, which the troops called Rommelspargel (Rommel's asparagus). Where possible, many areas were permanently flooded through the destruction of weirs and sometimes sea defences, causing damage to fields which lasted for many years after the war.
The Atlantic Wall consisted of batteries, bunkers, minefields and all sorts of other defences which can be seen in the below series of films. Many bunkers still exist, for example near Scheveningen, Den Haag, Katwijk and in Normandy. In Oostende, Belgium, shown here, the public may visit a well-preserved part of the defences. That section consists of emplacements of the Saltzwedel neu battery and the Stützpunkt Bensberg, consisting of accommodation, defences and other military emplacements made by German military engineers (Pionierstab) who were in charge of bunker construction.