Musée America- Gold Beach (4km from Crépon):
America-Gold Beach museum consists of 2 spaces: America tells the first airport link between the United States and France to its Amerrier à Mer. Gold Beach retraces the preparation of the landing by the British secret services.
Long -on -sea batteries (14km from Crépon):
Long -on -sea batteries and its 4 cannons oriented towards the sea and arranged in an arc of a circle allow us to better imagine what the Atlantic wall could be. A 13 km pedestrian circuit has been established long battery at Cap Manvieux offering a magnificent panorama on the artificial port of Arromanches.
The American cemetery (42km from Crépon):
The American cemetery of Colleville sur Mer is the American military cemetery located just above the very famous beach of Omaha Beach overnovated "Bloody Omaha" (located in the cities of Vierville, Saint Laurent and Colleville) where you will also find the Memorial Museum of Omaha Beach, the signal monument of Omaha Beach, the Overlord Museum , the monument "Braves " The National Guard US , the 1st Infantry Division monument and many others .
The Pointe du Hoc (48km from Crépon):
The Pointe du Hoc, located between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, was the scene of one of the landing operations and had been fortified by the Germans where parts of heavy artillery were to be, views by allied aerial recognition, whose range threatened the 2 neighboring beaches. These artillery parts had been moved 1.3 km back, inside the land, by the Germans shortly before the landing. The allies managed to take control despite heavy losses.
Holy Mother Church (76km from Crépon):
Sainte-Mère church was the first French city released by the parachuting of American troops on June 5, 1944. Everyone remembered the image of the paratrooper that remained hung on the bell tower of the Church of Sainte-Mère, during the parachuting of the 82nd and the 101st Airbone, on the night of June 5 to 6, 1944. In front of the Hall of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, From the way of freedom, the road followed by the units of General Patton, of Sainte-Mère-Eglise in Bastogne (Belgium). Also see the Airborne Troop Museum and Douglas C47.
Saint Laurent sur Mer museum (40km from Crépon):
This museum is located in the American sector near the Place d'Omaha Beach. He traces all the phases of the landing.
