D-Day and the road to Germany
Beaches, bridges and the Bulge.
Terra Terra Collections D-Day and the road to Germany
The Normandy landing grounds and the battles that followed, for history classes and wargaming tables.
9 stops · read them in order, or jump to the one you want
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Omaha Beach, Normandy
D-Day, 6 June 1944: the bluffs the troops had to climb.
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Utah Beach, Normandy
The westernmost landing beach, behind flooded fields.
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Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France
The first town liberated on D-Day, where a paratrooper hung from the church steeple.
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Pegasus Bridge, France
Seized by glider troops in the first minutes of D-Day.
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Arnhem Bridge, Netherlands
Operation Market Garden: very flat, so shown at 5x.
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Remagen Bridge, Germany
The Rhine bridge captured intact in March 1945.
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Monte Cassino, Italy
The abbey hill that held up the Allies for four months.
