Month: August 2024

D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 5 – Omaha, Sword, Juno, & Gold Beach

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One of the many original German guns still in bunkers along the Normandy Coast

One of the many original German guns still in bunkers along the Normandy CoastD-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 5

Omaha, Sword, Juno, & Gold Beach
The next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! This update covers June 7th as I make my way through the rest of the beaches (having spent the 6th on Utah). From Omaha to Sword, then to Juno, and finally to Gold Beach.

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D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 4 – June 6th – Normandy Victory Museum & Carentan

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The only functional Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B (Tiger II) in the world!

The only functional Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B (Tiger II) in the world!D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 4

June 6th – Normandy Victory Museum & Carentan
Tthe next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! This update covers the second half of the June 6, 2024 80th Anniversary. It includes a visit to the Normandy Victory Museum where there was a working TIGER II tank! Then a quick visit to Carentan to check out what festivities were happening, and finally back to Bayeux.

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