Collection(s) : Places of historical interest
Paru le 22/04/2017 | Broché 143 pages
Tout public
images Isabelle Bournier
On tuesday june 6th 1944, Lower Normandy was the scene of the largest amphibious operation ever carried out in the history of mankind. Over 150,000 men landed in 7,000 ships on the shores of Calvados and Manche to liberate France and Europe from the yoke of Nazi oppression. Two thousand five hundred men were killed on the first day, including a thousand at Omaha alone. From June 6th to August 20th 1944, violent combats raged on the beaches, among the hedges, copses and pastures and on the Caen plain. This book offers readers the chance to discover - or rediscover - this Second World War heritage and the famous beaches of the D-Day landings, now important memorial sites.
Yves Lecouturier, Director of the Lower Normandy Post and Communications Museum until 2009, is a qualified historian and researcher at the University of Caen's Quantitative History Research Centre. His previous publications for Éditions Ouest-France include Le Marché noir en Normandie, Les Juifs en Normandie and L'Épuration en Normandie.
Isabelle Bournier is a photographer and author of documentaries for young people. She is the Culture and Education Director of the Caen Memorial.
