NORMANDY
MEMORIAL TOUR
Normandy, Land of Liberty
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After four years under the German occupation, Normandy gets its freedom back thanks to the sacrifice of thousands of young men of the allied forces. On June the 6th, 1944 General Dwight D. Eisenhower launched one of the biggest military operations, codenamed OVERLORD. Approximately 156,000 allied soldiers landed in Normandy to free Europe.
Through full-day tours, walk in the footsteps of the heroes who gave their life and young years for the fate of the free world.
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ABOUT NORMANDY
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The name Normandy comes from the Northmen; the Vikings who settled in the Region in the 10th century.
Normandy is an amazing region historically speaking: the Vikings, William the Conqueror, the Hundred Years War, Jeanne d'Arc, the D-Day Landings, the Battle of Normandy.
If you are interested in art : Honfleur, Giverny or even Rouen will delight you as they did Claude Monet or Eugène Boudin.
Normandy is appreciated and known worlwide for its traditions and cuisine. Haven't you ever heard of our beautiful brown and white cows? Have you ever eaten Camembert, Livarot or Pont l'Evêque? Have you ever drunk some Calvados or Cider?
France is 17 times smaller than the United States of America, but Normandy is still a big Region. It is, for example, impossible to discover the landing sectors and Mont-Saint-Michel within one day. And do not plan to visit the five landing beaches within a single day!
There are 214 miles of coast in Normandy and the western (Utah Beach) and eastern (Sword Beach) landing sectors are 63 miles apart.
About me
My name is Mélanie Moreau
I was born and raised in Normandy. I have always been interested in my Region and its history. As a child, I used to visit the museums, cemeteries and Memorials dedicated to the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy. I grew up with this part of History. I really became passionate about the Second World War when the NCBO mini-series Band of Brothers came out in 2002. Since then, I have continued to learn about this part of history.
I started to work as a tour guide, specializing in the war, in 2014. As a first experience, I had the honor of working for the American Battle Monuments Commission, in charge of the overseas military cemeteries of the First and Second Wolrd War. So, I started as a guide at the Normandy American Cemetery on Omaha and at the Pointe Du Hoc. Then, I worked for two years for private guiding companies; I guided guests on the landing sectors. My previous experiences as a guide were in a museum; the Memorial Pegasus in Ranville.
My objective, as a guide, is to make sure that we don't ever forget the sacrifice of the millions of young men involved in the liberation of the free world. We owe them our freedom.
Lest we forget.
