Remembrance Day: 90 years since the end of World War I

A Red Poppy from a field near 'the Corridor of Death' where the Battle of Normandy ended in August 1944.


A Jewish grave in the American Military Cemetery near Omaha Beach.

At a German Military Cemetery near Lisieux.

Omaha Beach today

News has just come in that Jim Gabaree, one of the few surviving American 5th Batallion Rangers, was awarded the French Legion of Honour medal.

5th Rangers successfully attacked the far right flank of Omaha Beach, scaling the cliffs at Vierville and ensuring that the near-failed Allied assault carried on.

John Maslin sent a moving selection of photos taken at Omaha Beach this Summer.
















Check other photos of Omaha Beach and the American Memorial here and here

Normandy Day: in memory of 6 June 1944

Omaha-Beach today

Sent by Shu Milne, Calvados

Published in the June Rendezvous

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Four American women who died during the liberation of France are buried at the Military Cemetery near Omaha Beach.


Spring cleaning at the Cemetery.



Bayonet in the ground - a symbol of final peace (installation at the Visitors' Center).