Commemorations of the Normandy landing 2023 – 79th anniversary of the D-Day

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Commemorations 2023 of the Normandy landings

79th anniversary of D-Day

D-Day Ceremony 2023

Disclaimer: The following are the commemorations currently planned for the 79th anniversary of the D-Day. They are subject to the authorization of the competent authorities and last minute changes may occur. For more information, please contact the organizers.

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Saturday 27 May 2023

  • Isigny-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 2 pm and 4:30 pm: guided tours of the reporters’ room in the château de Vouilly. Price: 5 Euros per person. Information: chateau.vouilly@wanadoo.fr or +33(0)2 31 22 08 59.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 09:00 am: 15th Peace March. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 41 18.

Sunday 28 May 2023

  • Picauville (Manche)
    – 9 am-5 pm: military fair at the JC Flambart hall, Marcel Rachine street. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 02 48.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 10 am-6 pm: book fair, Cap de Laine street. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.

Monday 29 May 2023

  • Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:00 am: guided tour on the theme “The Occupation as experienced by the people of Saint-Aubin” (free). Reservation required. Information: contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com or 02 31 97 30 41.

Wednesday 31 May 2023

  • Grandcamp-Maisy (Calvados)
    – 7am-7pm: military fair at the Omnisport hall, Moulin Odo street. Information: +33 (0)6 75 08 89 45.
  • Picauville (Manche)
    – 06:00 pm: 7 km historical walk in the footsteps of the American paratroopers. Departure from the church. Information : +33 (0)2 33 41 02 48.

From 1 to 6 June 2023 (except 2 June)

  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (Manche)
    – 11:00 pm: immersive and commented walk to the Holdy battery. Price: 10€ per person. Information: +33 (0)2 33 44 81 20.

From 1 to 7 June 2023

  • Méautis (Manche)
    – 9am-6pm: “Bloody Gulch” re-enactment camp. Access for a fee. Information: +33 (0)2 33 42 03 22.

Thursday 1 June 2023

  • Amfreville (Manche)
    – 01:30 pm: ceremony at the Glopper monument, n°1 route du hameau Flaux. Information: +33 (0)6 71 26 22 09.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 04:00 pm: ceremony at the monument of the three cemeteries.
    – 04:45 pm: ceremony at the Alexandre Renaud monument.
    – 05:15 pm: ceremony at the Airborne monument.
    – 06:00 pm: welcome reception at the town hall and reception of the soldiers in their families for dinner.
    Information: +33 (0)6 80 32 55 99.

Du 2 au 4 juin 2023

  • Carentan-les-Marais (Manche)
    – 9.30am-7pm: Camp A10 Airfield. Exhibition of military vehicles and equipment at the Normandy Victory Museum. Information: +33 (0)2 33 71 74 94.

Friday 2 June 2023

  • Amfreville (Manche)
    – 11:30 am: ceremony at the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment monument in the presence of American soldiers. Information: +33 (0)6 71 26 22 09.
  • Gourbesville (Manche)
    – 10:00 am: ceremony at the 82nd Airborne Division and 90th Infantry Division monument. Information: +33 (0)6 71 26 22 09.
  • Carentan-les-Marais (Manche)
    – 1pm-4pm: Saint-Côme street, parachuting of re-enactors in military costume from a Douglas C-47 (subject to favourable weather conditions). Information: +33 (0)2 33 42 74 00. Cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
  • Chef-du-Pont (Manche)
    – Noon: open-air meal.
    – 02:15 pm: ceremony at Rex Combs Square.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 08am-5:30pm: military fair, Liberty street.
    – 10.00 am: ceremony at the Major General Gavin monument.
    – 10.30 am: ceremony at the “0” marker, in front of the town hall.
    – 04:00 pm: military ceremony in the presence of American soldiers.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.

From 3 to 6 June 2023

  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 9am-10pm: “Geronimo” re-enactment camp. Animations, exhibitions of military material, film projection. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 41 35.

From 3 to 11 June 2023

  • Géfosse-Fontenay (Calvados)
    – 9:45am-11am : guided tour of the Wn 88 strongpoint. Meeting point at station 70 in Osmanville. Information: +33 (0)6 74 72 25 15 or legleuherluc@wanadoo.fr.

Saturday 3 June 2023

  • Amfreville (Manche)
    – 09:30 am: inauguration of a commemorative plaque at the Cauquigny chapel. Information: +33 (0)6 71 26 22 09.
  • Carentan-les-Marais (Manche)
    – 8am-6pm: military fair at the covered market, American street. Information: +33 (0)6 60 73 71 71.
  • Carquebut (Sainte-Mère-Eglise – Manche)
    – 9am-5pm: military fair at the Franquetot castle. Information: +33 (0)2 33 71 56 54.
  • Courseulles-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: guided tour (1h30) on the theme of the D-Day landings for children, at the tourist office. Price: 10 Euros per adult. Free for children aged 6 to 9. Information: +33 (0)2 31 37 46 80.
  • Grandcamp-Maisy (Calvados)
    – 05:00 pm: parade of military vehicles from Isigny-sur-Mer. Information: +33 (0)6 07 99 35 17.
  • Gueutteville (Manche)
    – 11:30 am: ceremony at the monument of Father Ignatius Maternowski, followed by a vin d’honneur in the Salle des Fêtes. Information: +33 (0)6 71 26 22 09.
  • Isigny-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 02:00 pm and 04:30 pm: guided tours of the reporters’ room in the château de Vouilly. Price: 5 Euros per person. Information : chateau.vouilly@wanadoo.fr or +33 (0)2 31 22 08 59.
    – 04:30 pm: parade of military vehicles to Grandcamp-Maisy. Information: +33 (0)6 07 99 35 17.
  • Néhou (Manche)
    – 09:30 am: ceremony in memory of the 3rd (US) Army of Lieutenant General Patton. Information: +33 (0)6 21 55 04 76.
  • Reviers (Calvados)
    – 05:30 pm: guided tour (1 hour) on the theme of the D-Day landings for children at the Bény-Reviers military cemetery (free). Information: +33 (0)2 31 37 46 80.
  • Sainteny (Calvados)
    – 10:30 am: ceremony at the stele at the Roserie.
    – 11.00 am: ceremony at the monument at the place called les Forges.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 42 05 64.
  • Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:00 am: guided tour on the theme “The Occupation as experienced by the people of Saint-Aubin” (free). Reservation required. Information: contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com or +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41.
  • Saint-Georges-de-Bohon (Manche)
    – 11:30 am: ceremony at the monument in the hamlet of Hottot, near the calvary. Information: +33 (0)2 33 42 15 20.
  • Saint-Marcouf (Manche)
    – 9am-6pm: military fair at the battery. Information: +33 (0)6 76 16 56 75.
  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (Manche)
    – 11:15 am: ceremony at the Resistance monument, rue de la 101st Airborne.
    – 12.00 noon: parachute drop near the Resistance monument (subject to favourable weather conditions).
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 71 53 35.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 10:00 am: demonstration of paratroopers’ preparations in period costume, in the church square.
    – 01:00 pm: Book signing of the book “Gavin at War” by the daughter of the American General Gavin, Chloe Gavin, in the Airborne Museum shop. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 41 35.
    – 11:30 pm: fireworks on the church square.

From 3 to 6 June 2023

  • Colleville-Montgomery (Calvados)
    – 10am-12pm / 2pm-6pm: re-enactment of a military camp at the Hillman site (free). Information: camp.hillman@gmail.com.
  • Merville-France-ville-Plage (Calvados)
    – 10am-6pm: re-enactment of a military camp at the Merville battery. Prices: 8€ per adult, 5€ up to 14 years old, free for children under 6 years old. Information: musee@batterie-merville.com or +33 (0)2 31 91 47 53.

From 3 to 11 June 2023

  • Osmanville (Calvados)
    – 09:45 am-6 pm: guided tour of the German strongpoints Wn 88 and Wn 89 at Géfosse-Fontenay. Price: 5€ per person. Information: legleuherluc@wanadoo.fr or +33 (0)6 74 72 25 15.

From 4 to 6 june 2023

  • Grandcamp-Maisy (Calvados)
    – Exhibition of personal objects of Commandant Kieffer, at the Omnisport hall. Information : martialderynck@wanadoo.fr or +33 (0)6 81 76 50 72.

Sunday 4 June 2023

  • Arromanches-les-Bains (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: parade of vintage vehicles in the town.
    Information: +33 (0)2 31 22 34 31 or info@musee-arromanches.fr.
  • Audrieu (Calvados)
    – 09:30 am-6 pm: 14th edition of the Battle of Normandy book fair. Information: +33 (0)6 07 59 46 02 or association@tilly44.com.
    – All day: guided tour of the park of the château d’Audrieu.
  • Bayeux (Calvados)
    – 3pm-4pm: Guided tour of the British War Cemetery.
  • Bernières-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 5pm-5.30pm: bagpipe concert and exhibition of military vehicles in the town. Information: +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41 or contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com.
  • Brévands (Manche)
    – 10:00 am: Ceremony in honour of the paratroopers of the 101st (US) Airborne Division at the place called le Moulin. Information: +33 (0)2 33 42 74 00.
  • Carentan-les-Marais (Manche)
    – 10:00 am: Commented cruise describing the role of the marshes during the war and the history of the parachutists isolated in Graignes. Prices: 16€ per adult and 11€ per child. Reservation required:  +33 (0)6 83 60 08 12.
  • Colleville-Montgomery (Calvados)
    – 10am-1pm: parade of vintage vehicles. Information: r.a.r.e.ouistreham@orange.fr.
    – 04:30pm: bagpipe concert at the Bill Millin statue. Information: +33 (0)6 31 14 63 75.
  • Courseulles-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: guided tour (1:30) on the theme of the D-Day landings for children, at the tourist office. Price: 10 Euros per adult. Free for children aged 6 to 9. Information: +33 (0)2 31 37 46 80.
    – 04:30 pm: bagpipe concert and exhibition of military vehicles in the town. Information: +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41 or contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com.
  • Gonneville-en-Auge (Calvados)
    – 09:30 am: Immersive historical walk “The March of Heroes” (3 hours), departure from the Sainte-Croix church. Information: +33 (0)2 31 91 47 53 – musee@batterie-merville.com.
  • Graye-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 09:00 am: Ceremony at the Valette breach.
    – 09:30 am: Ceremony at the Graye breach.
    – 10:15 am: Inauguration of the Claude Hettier de Boislambert road.
  • Isigny-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 02.00 pm and 04:30 pm: guided tours of the reporters’ room in the château de Vouilly. Price: 5 Euros per person. Information: chateau.vouilly@wanadoo.fr or +33 (0)2 31 22 08 59.
  • La Fière (Manche)
    – 09 am-01 pm: massive parachute drop, depending on weather conditions.
    – Afternoon: ceremony at the Iron Mike monument.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.
  • Langrune-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 3pm-3.30pm: bagpipe concert and exhibition of vintage vehicles in the town. Information: +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41 or contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com.
  • Luc-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 1.45pm-2:15pm : bagpipe concert and exhibition of vintage vehicles in the town. Information: +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41 or contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com.
  • Reviers (Calvados)
    – 05:30 pm: guided tour (1 hour) on the theme of the D-Day landings for children at the Bény-Reviers military cemetery (free). Information: +33 (0)2 31 37 46 80.
  • Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 4pm-4:30pm : bagpipe concert and exhibition of vintage vehicles in the town. Information: +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41 or contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 10:00 am: exhibition of period vehicles around the church square.
    – 10:00 am: demonstration of the preparations of paratroopers in period clothing, on the church square.
    – 06:00 pm: parade of period military vehicles through the village.
    All day: concerts and songs from the 1940-1950 period.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.
  • Ver-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 2pm-6pm: guided tours of the British Memorial.
  • Vierville-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 8 am-4 pm: military antiques fair, route de Louvières. Basic price: 4€. Information: +33 (0)6 22 11 90 93 or philippemaisnier@wanadoo.fr.

Monday 5 June 2023

  • Amfreville (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: guided tour of the town of Amfreville on the traces of the fighting in the summer of 1944. Price: 6 Euros per person (reduced price: 4€). Inscription et renseignements : +33 (0)2 31 24 23 57.
  • Amfreville (Manche)
    – 06:00 pm: historical walk of 8 km on the traces of the battles of the summer of 1944. Price: 2 Euros per person. Registration and information required : +33 (0)6 71 26 22 09 or ot.sme@ccbdc.fr.
  • Asnelles (Calvados)
    – 02:00 pm: guided tour (1:30) on the theme of the D-Day landings (free).Information: +33 (0)2 31 80 67 08 or contact@goldbeach-tourisme.fr.
  • Bayeux (Calvados)
    – 12:30 pm: Ceremony at the British War Cemetery.
    – 06:00 pm: Mass at Bayeux Cathedral.
  • Bénouville (Calvados)
    – 06:30pm: Veterans’ welcome concert on the esplanade of the Salle Polyvalente.
    – 09:00 pm: Liberation Ball at Pegasus Bridge.
    – 11:55 pm: Fireworks display on the Major Howard esplanade.
    Information: +33 (0)2 31 44 62 01 or contact@mairie-benouville.fr.
  • Beuzeville-au-Plain (Manche)
    – 06:00 pm: ceremony at the Bienaimé Agnès monument. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.
  • Carentan-les-Marais (Manche)
    – 10:00 am: commented cruise describing the role of the marshes during the war and the history of the parachutists isolated in Graignes. Prices: 16€ per adult and 11€ per child. Reservation required:  +33 (0)6 83 60 08 12.
  • Chef-du-Pont (Manche)
    – 02:30 pm: American football competition. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.
  • Courseulles-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:00 pm: open air screening of the film “Storming Juno” at the Juno Beach Centre (free). Information: +33 (0)2 31 37 32 17.
  • Cricqueville-en-Bessin (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: ceremony at the Pointe du Hoc.
  • Foucarville (Manche)
    – 11:00 am: ceremony at the former prison camp. Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.
  • Ouistreham (Calvados)
    – 02:30 pm: Ceremony at the war memorial.
    – 03:00 pm: Ceremony at the civilian cemetery.
    – 04:00 pm: Wreath laying at the Rafale stele.
    – 04:30 pm: Wreath laying at the Gambit mission monument.
    – 05:00 pm: Ceremony at the stele at the D-Day landing roundabout.
    – 05:30 pm: Ceremony at the stele at the Route de Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay roundabout.
  • Ranville (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: guided tour of Ranville on the traces of the fighting of summer 1944. Price: 6 Euros per person (reduced price: 4€). Registration and information: +33 (0)2 31 24 23 57.
  • Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay (Calvados)
    – 10:30 am: commemorative ceremonies in the town.
  • Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:00 am: guided tour (2:30) on the theme “The Occupation as experienced by the people of Saint-Aubin” (free). Reservation required. Information: contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com or +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 10:00 am: ceremony at the Roosevelt monument (subject to confirmation).
    – 10:00 am: open-air conference on parachute jumps, church square.
    – 10:00 am: exhibition of period vehicles around the church square.
    – 04:00 pm: signing of the author Clément Horvath in the shop of the Airborne Museum.
    – 08:00 pm: screening of the documentary “Till the job is done” at the Airborne Museum.
    – 11:15 pm: demonstration of an anti-aircraft searchlight.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 41 35.
  • Ver-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 09:00 am: guided tours to discover the British memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, 13 avenue Paul Poret (free). Information: +33 (0)2 31 80 67 08 or contact@goldbeach-tourisme.fr.
    – 10:00 am: British Royal Legion ceremony at the British Memorial.
    – 11:30 am: Commemorative ceremony in Place Winston Churchill.
    – 02:00 pm: Youth ceremony at the British Memorial.

From 6 to 8 June 2023

  • La Cambe (Calvados)
    – 10:30am-12:30pm / 02pm-06:30pm: exhibition on the theme of the 79th anniversary of the Normandy landings in the Salle des Fêtes (free). Information: +33 (0)2 31 22 71 86 or mairie-lacambe@wanadoo.fr.

Tuesday 6 June 2023

  • Authie (Calvados)
    – 06:00 pm: Ceremony in tribute to Canadian and Norwegian soldiers.
  • Arromanches-les-Bains (Calvados)
    – 09:30 am: Mass in the open air, Place du Débarquement.
    – 11:30 am: Dutch ceremony of the Princes Irene Brigade.
    – 02:00 pm: French ceremony.
    – 04:00 pm: Tribute to British veterans.
    – 07:00 pm: Dutch ceremony.
    – 11:00 pm: Fireworks display.
  • Asnelles (Calvados)
    – 9am-5pm: 20km historical walk from Asnelles to Port-en-Bessin in the footsteps of the British soldiers of No. 47 Commando. Information: +33 (0)6 86 26 76 39.
    – 04:00 pm: ceremony at the British memorial.
  • Bayeux (Calvados)
    – 12.30 pm: Ceremony at the British military cemetery.
    – 06:00 pm: mass at Bayeux cathedral.
  • Bénouville (Calvados)
    – 12:45 pm: Ceremony at the Major Howard esplanade.
    – 01:10 pm: Ceremony in honour of the 7th Parachute Battalion.
  • Bernières-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 08:00 am: ceremony in honour of the Canadian Regiment of the Queen’s Own Rifles. Wreath laying at the House of Canadians, Place du 6 juin 1944.
    – 09:00 pm: lantern ceremony with bagpipers, presentation of the Liberty Lantern to the sea and laying of roses at the House of Canadians.
  • Biéville-Beuville (Calvados)
    – 10:15 am: Ceremony at the cemetery.
    – 10:45 am: Ceremony at the Norfolk Regiment stele, route de Colleville.
    – 11:30 am: Ceremony at the Suffolk Regiment stele, Château de la Londe.
  • Colleville-Montgomery (Calvados)
    – 07:23 am: Wreath laying at sea by the SNSM.
    – 08:00 am: Ceremonies at the various headstones.
    – 09:00 am: Ecumenical mass at Place du Débarquement.
    – 11:00 am: British ceremony at the statue of Marshal Montgomery.
    – 04:30 pm: Bagpipe concert, Place du Débarquement.
    – 06:00 pm: Ceremony of the Friends of the Suffolk Regiment at Hillman Battery.
  • Colleville-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:30 am: Ceremony at the American military cemetery.
  • Courseulles-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:30 am: Ceremony at the Juno Beach Centre museum.
  • Hermanville-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:15 am: British, Norwegian and Polish ceremony, Place du Courbet.
    – 11:15 am: Ceremony in tribute to the Royal Navy, Place Félix Faure.
    – 08:00 pm: Ceremony at the British military cemetery.
  • Hiesville (Manche)
    – 02:00 pm: 9 km historical walk in the footsteps of the American paratroopers on D-Day. Price: 2 Euros per person. Registration and information required: +33 (0)6 71 26 22 09 et ot.sme@ccbdc.fr.
  • Lion-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 06:30 pm: Wreath-laying at the five memorials, starting with that of No. 41 Commando.
  • Ouistreham (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: Ceremony at the Kieffer stele.
  • Saint-Côme-du-Mont (Manche)
    – 10am-5pm: T5 parachute packing demonstration and presentation of equipment used by American paratroopers at the D-Day Experience museum. Information: +33 (0)2 33 23 61 95.
  • Saint-Contest (Calvados)
    – 05:15pm: Ceremony in honour of Canadian and Norwegian soldiers.
  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (Manche)
    – 10:15 am: ceremony at the Winters monument.
    – 11:00 am: Franco-Danish ceremony at the Danish sailors’ monument.
    – 02:00 pm: ceremony at the Utah Beach monument.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 71 53 35.
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise (Manche)
    – 09:30 am: mass in the church.
    – 10:00 am: open-air conference on parachute jumps, church square.
    – 10:30 am: ceremony at the AVA monument and at the Iron Mike in the presence of American soldiers.
    – 02:30 pm: concert in the church.
    – 04:00 pm: Book signing by author Keith Nightingale.
    – 05:00 pm: ceremony at the Signal monument.
    Information: +33 (0)2 33 41 31 18.
  • Ver-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:00 am: Royal British Legion ceremony at the British Memorial.
    – 11:30 am: Ceremony in Place Winston Churchill.
    – 04:30 pm: International D-Day ceremony at the British Memorial.
  • Villons-les-Buissons (Calvados)
    – 01:30 pm: Ceremony at the Norwegian monument.
    – 04:30 pm: Ceremony at the Canadian monument.

Wednesday 7 June 2023

  • Asnelles (Calvados)
    – 02:00 pm: historical walk to discover the history of the communes of Asnelles and Meuvaines, followed by a tasting of local products. Basic fee: 7€ per person. Registration and information: +33 (0)2 31 80 67 08 or contact@goldbeach-tourisme.fr.
  • Azeville (Manche)
    – 02:00 pm: Parachute drop of re-enactors in period costume from a C-47 at the battery (subject to favourable weather conditions). Information: +33 (0)2 33 40 63 05.
  • Blainville-sur-Orne (Calvados)
    – 05:30 pm: Ceremony at the Royal Norfolk Regiment stele.
  • Escoville (Calvados)
    – 02:30 pm : Ceremony in honour of Sergeant Barwick, in the presence of his daughter.
  • Luc-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 06:30 pm: Commemorative ceremony, Captain Gordon Hemming esplanade.
  • Ouistreham (Calvados)
    – 03:00 pm: Ceremony at the No. 4 Commando memorial in tribute to the members of the Kieffer commando.
  • Port-en-Bessin (Calvados)
    – 04:00 pm: Parade of military vehicles in the town centre. Information: +33 (0)2 31 21 92 33.

Thursday 8 June 2023

  • Bénouville (Calvados)
    – 11:15 am: arrival of the commando march.
  • Colleville-Montgomery (Calvados)
    – 08:30 am: Departure of the commando route from the beach.
    – 11:00 am: Ceremony at the Bill Millin statue.

Friday 9 June 2023

  • Montfiquet (Calvados)
    – 06:00 pm: hike (2 hours) to discover the history of the Montfiquet forest during the war. Departure from the forest – Isigny-Omaha Tourist Office. Fee: 6€ per adult, 3€ per child. Information: +33 (0)2 31 21 46 00 – accueil@isigny-omaha-tourisme.fr.
  • Port-en-Bessin (Calvados)
    – 04:00 pm: Liberation parade.

Saturday 10 June 2023

  • Asnelles (Calvados)
    – 02:00 pm: historical walk to discover the history of the communes of Asnelles and Meuvaines, followed by a tasting of local products. Basic fee: 7€ per person. Registration and information: +33 (0)2 31 80 67 08 or contact@goldbeach-tourisme.fr.
  • Douvres-la-Délivrande (Calvados)
    – 11am-3pm: parade of vintage vehicles, rue du Général de Gaulle. Information: +33 (0)6 62 26 04 48 or comitedesfetes.douvres@gmail.com.

From 10 to 11 June 2023

  • Le Molay-Littry (Calvados)
    – All day: re-enactment of a military camp, parade of period vehicles. Information: +33 (0)6 72 00 10 92 or h-furdyna@ville-molay-littry.fr.

Sunday 11 June 2023

  • Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:00 am: guided tour (2.5 hours) on the theme “The Occupation as experienced by the people of Saint-Aubin” (free). Reservation required. Information: contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com or +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41.

Friday 16 June 2023

  • Montfiquet (Calvados)
    – 06:00 pm: hike (2 hours) to discover the history of the Montfiquet forest during the war. Departure from the forest – Isigny-Omaha Tourist Office. Fee: 6€ per adult, 3€ per child. Information: +33 (0)2 31 21 46 00 – accueil@isigny-omaha-tourisme.fr.

Saturday 17 June 2023

  • Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer (Calvados)
    – 10:00 am: guided tour (2.5 hours) on the theme “the landing as experienced by the people of Saint-Aubin” (free). Reservation required. Information: contact@coeurdenacretourisme.com or +33 (0)2 31 97 30 41.

From 17 to 18 June 2023

  • Douvres-la-Délivrande (Calvados)
    -10am-6pm: re-enactment camp, exhibitions of period vehicles, demonstrations and autograph sessions at the radar museum 44, route de Bény. Information: +33 (0)7 57 48 77 32 or contact@musee-radar.fr.

Sunday 22 July 2023

  • Saint-Martin-de-Varreville (Manche)
    – 09:00 am: ceremony in memory of General Leclerc’s 2nd Armoured Division at the Signal monument.
    – 11:00 am: mass in the village of Saint-Martin-de-Varreville.

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