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Normandy Landings: 29 English-Speaking Business Directory Entries in The AngloFILE 4 Commando Museum: Collection of weaponry and uniforms, a scale model of the Landings and a video at the 4 Commando of British and French soldiers. At Place Alfred Thomas in Ouistreham (14). View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 96 63 10 Airborne Museum: Museum of "The Longest Day": the operations of the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions with events displayed through pictures and mementos. At 14 rue Eisenhower in Ste-Mere-Eglise (50). View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 33 41 41 35 American Military Cemetery: Cemerety, chapel and memorial room with a "wall of the missing". Commemoration of the 4410 American soldiers burried there. At Montjoie-Saint-Martin, Saint James (50). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Tel: 02 33 89 24 90 Fax: 02 33 89 24 91 Arromanches 360°: Wraparound 360 degree cinema shows archive film footage shot by war correspondents in June 1944 and modern film of the same image. At Chemin du Calvaire, Arromanches (14). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 22 30 30 Fax: 02 31 22 33 55 Atlantic Wall Museum: Musum in the concrete tower of the German HQ which commanded the batteries along the Orne Estuary. Restored to look as it would have on the night of June 6th, 1944. At Boulevard du 6 Juin in Ouistreham (14). View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 97 28 69 Fax: 02 31 96 66 05 August 44 Museum: Exhibits major events in the battle of the Falaise pocket. Includes scale model of Canadians entering Falaise. At ch des Roches in Falaise (14). View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 90 37 19 Fax: 02 33 24 36 99 Batterie d'Azeville: The Azeville battery: an early construction in the Manche stretch of the Atlantic Wall. At La Rue, Azeville (50. View/Print full details Tel: 02 33 40 63 05 Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum: Museum in Bayeux, the first French town to be liberated. Variety of goods on show: weapons, uniforms, souveniers and some film. At bd Fabian Ware, Bayeux (14). View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 51 46 90 Fax: 02 31 51 46 91 Commonwealth Memorial & Cemetery: Cemetery contains 4,868 graves and a memorial to 1,837 missing soldiers. At bd du 6 Juin in Bayeux (14). Website · (new window) View/Print full details D Day to Paris - The Liberation of France Museum: D Day landings to the liberation of Paris. Artefacts, photographs and publications of the time tell the story. Documentaries and music in both French and English. Open Wednesday to Saturday. 1, Route D'Omaha Beach, Ste Honorine des Pertes. View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 21 44 68 D-Day Museum: Commemorative focussed on educational exhibitions of the events leading to the Normandy Landings. At Place du 6 Juin in Arromanches (14). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 22 34 31 Fax: 02 31 92 68 83 Gold Beach Museum: Scale models, photos and memorabilia of the British bridgehead on Gold Beach and the attack of June 6th 1944. At Centre Saint-Exupery 2 place Amiral Byrd, Ver-sur-Mer (14). View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 22 58 58 Fax: 02 31 22 58 58 June 44 Museum: Exhibit of 12 historic scenes with life-size wax models of war leaders and polititians with their recorded voices. At Place Fulbert de Beina, l'Aigle (61). View/Print full details Tel: 02 33 24 19 44 Fax: 02 33 84 94 94 Juno Beach Center: Recently opened memorial to the Canadian part in the war. Separate rooms to visit and a focus on information for children with interactive exhibits. Guided tours on request. At La voie des Francais Libre in Courseulles-sur-Mer (14). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 37 32 17 Fax: 02 31 37 83 69 Leclerc Museum: Tribute museum to General Leclerc located in his command post of 20 August 1944. At 31/33 rue de Pont Neuf, Alencon (61). View/Print full details Tel: 02 33 26 27 26 Longues-sur-Mer Gun Battery: Exhibition of German defensive strategy, a artillery battery with guns still in place overlooking the Landing Beaches and remains of the Atlantic Wall. At Longues-sur-Mer (14). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 06 06 44 Fax: 02 31 06 01 70 Merville Gun Battery Museum: Museum in one of the pillboxes displays the attack by the 9th Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment. Includes a collection of objects and uniforms. View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 91 47 53 Fax: 02 31 91 47 53 Montormel Memorial: Memorial recalling the battle of the Falaise-Chambois Pocket. In Montormel (61). View/Print full details Tel: 02 3367 38 61 Fax: 02 3367 38 72 Musee de la Battaille de Tilly: The Battle of Tilly museum shows the multiple capture and recapture of the village before liberation. At the Chapelle Notre Dame du Val in Tilly-sur-Seulles (14). View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 80 92 10 Musee de la Liberation: Audio-visual exhibit showing the change from occupation, through to the D-Day landings. At the restored Fort du Roule in Cherbourg-Octeville (50). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 33 20 14 12 Fax: 02 33 20 14 12 Musee de la Liberte: Museum showing everyday life in France during occupation. Includes a reconstituted wartime street to recreate the atmosphere. At ave de la Plage, Quineville (50). View/Print full details Tel: 02 33 21 40 44 Musee de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale: Museum on the site of the Avranches breakthrough: euipment, uniforms and details of the liberation on show. At 2 Le Moulinet, Le Val Saint-Pere in Avranches (50). View/Print full details Tel: 02 33 68 35 83 Fax: 02 33 68 15 55 Musee du Debarquement: Museum devoted to the Normandy Landings with guided visits in four languages at Pl du 6 Juin in Arromanches Les Bains (14).
Website · (new window) View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 22 34 31 Fax: 02 31 92 68 83 Musee du Debarquement d'Utah Beach: Museum opposite the beach landing site recounts the American landings at Utah, in Ste-Marie-du-Mont (50). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 33 71 53 35 Musee Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie: Museum devoted to the Battle of Normandy. English spoken. At Bd Fabian Ware in Bayeux (14).
View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 51 46 90 Fax: 02 31 51 46 91 Musee Pour la Paix: Peace museum and memorial with a vast exhibition showing the history of the 20th century. Includes gallery of Nobel Peace Prize winners and a Garden of Rememberance. At Esplanade D Eisenhower, Caen (14). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 06 06 44 Fax: 02 31 06 06 70 Museum of Underwater D-Day Wrecks: Display of items found by divers from warships to personal effects at Route de Bayeux, Port-en-Bessin (14). View/Print full details Tel: 02 31 21 17 06 Pegasus Memorial Museum: The Pegasus Memorial Museum traces events during the night of June 5th-6th 1944 and the capture of the Pegasus Bridge. At ave Major Howard Ranville (14). Website · (new window) View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 78 19 44 Fax: 02 31 78 19 42 The Caen Memorial: Memorial for peace displaying items, weapons film and more from WWII and the Cold War. Interactive area from children, play area, bookshop, restaurant and park. Website · (new window) View/Print full details Send an e-mail Tel: 02 31 06 06 44 THE ANGLOFILE BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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