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The Best Attractions In Longues-sur-Mer

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Pointe du Hoc

Mont Saint-Michel

Eglise Paroissiale Saint-Laurent

Omaha Beach

American Cemetery & Memorial

Musee du debarquement

Falaise d'Etretat

Longues Battery

The Longues-sur-Mer battery was a World War II artillery battery constructed by the Wehrmacht near the French village of Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy. It formed a part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. The battery was completed by April 1944. Although constructed and manned initially by the Kriegsmarine, the battery was later transferred to the German army. The site consisted of four 152-mm navy guns, each protected by a large concrete casemate, a command post, shelters for personnel and ammunition, and several defensive machine-gun emplacements.
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The Best Attractions In Longues-sur-Mer

1. Mont Saint-Michel Mont Saint Michel
Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island is located about one kilometer off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares in area. The mainland part of the commune is 393 hectares in area so that the total surface of the commune is 400 hectares .As of 2015, the island has a population of 50.The island has held strategic fortifications since ancient times and since the 8th century AD has been the seat of the monastery from which it draws its name. The structural composition of the town exemplifies the feudal society that constructed it: on top, God, the abbey and monastery; below, the great halls; then stores and housing; and at the bottom, outside the walls, houses for fishermen and farmer...
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2. American Cemetery & Memorial Colleville Sur Mer
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. More than 9,000 are buried there. In 2007, the American Battle Monuments Commission dedicated a new $30 million, 30,000 sf Visitors Center at the cemetery, relating the global significance and meaning of Operation Overlord.
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3. Omaha Beach Saint Laurent Sur Mer
Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. 'Omaha' refers to a section of the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel 8 kilometers long, from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve River estuary and an estimated 150-foot tall cliffs. Landings here were necessary to link the British landings to the east at Gold with the American landing to the west at Utah, thus providing a continuous lodgement on the Normandy coast of the Bay of the Seine. Taking Omaha was to be the responsibility of United States Army troops, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment fo...
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5. Musee du debarquement Arromanches Les Bains
6. Pointe du Hoc Cricqueville En Bessin
7. Longues Battery Longues Sur Mer
The Longues-sur-Mer battery was a World War II artillery battery constructed by the Wehrmacht near the French village of Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy. It formed a part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. The battery was completed by April 1944. Although constructed and manned initially by the Kriegsmarine, the battery was later transferred to the German army. The site consisted of four 152-mm navy guns, each protected by a large concrete casemate, a command post, shelters for personnel and ammunition, and several defensive machine-gun emplacements.
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8. Eglise Paroissiale Saint-Laurent Longues Sur Mer

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Visiting D-Day Beaches: Advice & Tips on Visiting the Normandy Beaches

The D-Day Beaches of Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold were the sights of the massive Operation Overlord that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi Tyranny.
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With D-DAY MEMORY TOUR, you will experience an unforgettable adventure. Immersed in the heart of Normandy, in the region of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, you will travel back in time during the liberation of Europe in the summer of 1944. Equipped with the same uniforms as the American soldiers wore the day they landed on the coast of France, you will re-live their amazing journey using only the supplies they were given. Your platoon will travel by Jeep, the very same Jeeps that were used during the war and technical support will be present at all times.

Normandy, Longeus sur Mer ,The Long Guns of the Germans

We made a visit to Lonqeus sur Mer, where de German coast-guns are stil the Original guns and we where in the coast-battery commando-bunker, whits is stil in good shape

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Trouville, the charming fishermen's village in Normandy

Unlike Deauville, its flashy sister across the river, Trouville is more down to earth. Only two hours from Paris by train or car, Trouville, with its half-timbered houses, its fish market, fishing boats and its boardwalk that stretches along its golden sands with colorful parasols and sunbathers, is the perfect place to soak up the Normandy culture.
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Normandy Cemetery guided tour

Visit the remains of the artificial harbour, which the Allies built in England and towed to France and explore the German coastal battery artillery battery at Longues sur Mer. Visit the Petrol Harbour where one of the pipelines of the Allies came out. At Omaha beach explore the remains of the German bunkers and at Pointe du Hoc see the place which was home to the biggest feat of arms of the Americans on D-Day.

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