Pierrepont German military cemetery

german memorial

The American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville-sur-Mer is very comprehensive and much visited, while the German War Cemetery is very modestly raised and little visited. A visit is nevertheless worth...

Black Crosses

Our tour guide included this cemetery on our visit to the Normandy area. Entrance is made through a stone door which will allow only one person at a time to enter. We were told that the designer wan...

Important not to forget!

Also Germany lost many young lives.....many hated the war. Here you hear the story of the soldiers and also where they fighted on D Day.

A somber location

The open spaces are high-lighted but a small row of crosses - then you appreciate the marker stones set into the ground - and rising above them all, the tumulus and monument. A sad, but reflective sit...

Venerable place

The American war cemetary above Omaha beach is a must for Normandy landing visitors. Rightly so - it's emblematic and the white crosses have become a well known symbol for the price payed for freedom....