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D-Day 66th Anniversary - Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches. There was a tremendous amount of action here, of course, but I haven't had time to write up my narrative yet.
Narayan
Left: Monument to French Commandos.
Right: I thought these were some kind of dragon's teeth. Turns out they are chairs for the summer tourists.
Left: A bunker built into a beach-road building.
Right: The same bunker from the rear.
Left: Monument.
Right: Churchill Tank
Left: Churchill Tank - detail of front of turret.
Right: Churchill Tank - detail of front facia.
Left: Cathedral of Caen - where William the Conquerer is buried.
Right: Monument to Charles de Gaulle, where he first came ashore.
Left: Douvres La Delivrande German Radar station. This is radar station also has a musueum, the first in the world devoted to radars. You can call the museum at 33-2-31-06-06-45 for more information.
Right: German Radar station.
Left: Churchill AVRE Tank - the crew was killed in action.
Right: Croix de Lorraine - symbol of Free France and de Gaulle.
Left: Beach pill box at the town of Graye-sur-Mer.
Right: Beach pill box - interior. It was once armed with a 75mm gun.
Left: Beach pill box.
Right: The beach today - windswept, quiet and poignant.