(77-th Anniversary of D-Day)
This bronze statue of Jeanne d'Arc, one of the patron saints of France, is standing in front of the Chapelle Notre Dame du Val in the town of Tilly-sur-Ceulles near Bayeux.
In 1944 Jeanne was hit by shrapnel through the heart and the hole took the shape of the heart.
Little known, to me it is one of the most touching memorials of the Battle for Normandy.
After D-Day, the Germans counterattacked and Tilly changed hands more than 20 times. The battle continued from 7 June to 19 June.
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