America Museum - Gold Beach (4km from Crépon):
Located in Ver-sur-Mer, the America-Gold Beach comprises two sections: America recounts the first airmail link between the United States and France up to its landing at Ver-sur-Mer. Gold Beach retraces the preparations for the landing by British intelligence.
The Batteries of Longues-sur-Mer (14km from Crépon):
The Longues-sur-Mer Batteries, with their four cannons facing the sea and arranged in a semicircle, allow us to better imagine what the Atlantic Wall might have been like. A 13 km walking trail has been established from the Longues Batterie to Cap Manvieux, offering a magnificent panorama of the artificial harbor of Arromanches.
The American Cemetery (42km from Crépon):
The American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer is the American military cemetery located just above the very famous Omaha Beach nicknamed "Bloody Omaha" (located on the towns of Vierville, Saint-Laurent and Colleville) where you will also find the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum Signal Monument , the Overlord Museum , the "Les Braves" Monument , the US National Guard , the 1st Infantry Division Monument and many others .
Pointe du Hoc (48km from Crépon):
Pointe du Hoc, located between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, was the site of one of the D-Day landing operations and had been fortified by the Germans. Heavy artillery pieces, spotted by Allied aerial reconnaissance, were believed to have been positioned there, their range threatening the two neighboring beaches. These artillery pieces had been moved 1.3 km inland by the Germans shortly before the landings. The Allies managed to capture them despite heavy losses.
Sainte Mère Eglise (76km from Crépon):
Sainte-Mère-Église was the first French town liberated by the parachute drop of American troops on June 5, 1944. Everyone remembers the image of the paratrooper who remained clinging to the church steeple during the drop of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions on the night of June 5-6, 1944. In front of the Sainte-Mère-Église town hall stands marker 0, the symbol of the starting point of the Liberty Road, the route followed by General Patton's units from Sainte-Mère-Église to Bastogne (Belgium). Also worth seeing is the Airborne Troops Museum and the Douglas C-47 Museum.
Saint Laurent sur mer Museum (40km from Crépon):
This museum is located in the American sector near Omaha Beach. It retraces all phases of the landing.
