Five things you may not know about Normandy American Cemetery The cemetery sits on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, also known as “Bloody Omaha”, where part of the Normandy landings happened on June 6, 1944. But, besides the more than 10,000 service members commemorated or memorialized there, are you sure to know everything about this quite well-known site? #WW2 #WorldWar2 #WWII #Normandy #Normandie #CollevilleSurMer #DDay #DDayBeach #OmahaBeach #BandOfBrothers | American Battle Monuments Commis

JOIN US FOR WALKING OUR WAR GRAVES: NORMANDY - REGISTER NOW! For our first fundraising event of 2022, the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation invites you to Walking Our War Graves: Normandy! From 25th April- 27th May, the virtual 95km route will start at Ranville War Cemetery and cover the distance between Commission cemeteries that commemorate those who died in the Normandy region during the Second World War. Complete the distance any way you would like, and from anywhere in the world. Taking pa

JOIN US FOR WALKING OUR WAR GRAVES: NORMANDY- REGISTER NOW! For our first fundraising event of 2022, the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation invites you to Walking Our War Graves: Normandy! From 25th April- 27th May, the virtual 95km route will start at Ranville War Cemetery and cover the distance between Commission cemeteries that commemorate those who died in the Normandy region during the Second World War. Complete the distance any way you would like, and from anywhere in the world. To find ou

“So many young men lost their lives.” Peter Walker, Normandy Veteran pauses to remember the fallen while visiting the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Bayeux War Cemetery during the events marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Learn more about the Normandy campaign, here: ow.ly/WQCL50utA3I #LegacyOfLiberation #DDay75 #WW2 | Commonwealth War Graves Commission