On the 6th of June 1944, allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches. Their objective: to free Europe from German servitude. The photo shows the beach at Arromanches and the remains of the artificial port built by the Allies. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

On the day after the landings, the Allies established a temporary artificial port on the beach at Arromanches. It was used each day to unload the several thousand tonnes of equipment necessary for the armies. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

In June 1944, Maurice Schumann, the spokesman for General de Gaulle, who had escaped to England four years previously, landed at Asnelles. When he died, in 1998, he was buried there, as he had wished. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

Around 100,000 soldiers (Allied and German) were killed during the fighting in Normandy in 1944. Most of them were buried there. The photo shows the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer is located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach. The site contains 9,387 white crosses turned to the west, in the direction of the United States. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The Visitor Center, located within the bounds of the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, presents the landings as described in the personal recollections of soldiers. It exhibits documents, photos, films and contemporary objects. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The British military cemetery at Bayeux contains the graves of 4,648 soldiers who fell during the fighting of the Second World War. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

"Pegasus Bridge" is the name given to the bridge at Bénouville in tribute to the British soldiers, wearing the badge of the mythological horse Pegasus on their sleeves, who took the bridge from the enemy on the 6th of June 1944. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The Juno Beach centre at Courseulles-sur-Mer houses the Canadian museum of the landing beaches. It pays tribute to the Canadian soldiers of the Second World War and the war effort of a whole people. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The Caen memorial, a museum for peace, is dedicated to the Second World War and, more generally, to the whole of the 20th century. It was built on the site of the German general's command post. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The Allies considered the Pointe du Hoc, fortified by the Germans, to be a strategic point. On the 6th of June 1944, the 2nd battalion of rangers, under Colonel Rudder, took it by assault, not without heavy losses. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

21,222 soldiers are buried in the German military cemetery of Cambe, in Calvados. Most of them died during the Allied landings and the Battle of Normandy. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The battery at Longues-sur-Mer was part of the "Atlantic Wall" built by the German army. It was mainly made up of four naval guns protected by bunkers. © www.calvados-tourisme.com

The battery at Merville was also part of the "Atlantic Wall". Today, the site preserves many relics from the period. A sound and light show immerses visitors in the hell of the 6th of June 1944. © www.calvados-tourisme.com