MONUMENTS AND WORLD WAR II
This monument is a beautiful tribute to the piper made famous by the mythical film The Longest Day.
Historic site of Sword Beach, Colleville-Montgomery is one of the highlights of D-Day. Formerly Colleville-sur-Orne, the commune was renamed in 1946 in homage to the British liberators and their commander-in-chief, Marshal Montgomery, whose statue stands at the entrance to the commune, on the road to Lion-sur-Mer. A good half-day is necessary to visit the monuments that pay tribute to those who set foot on the beach at dawn on 6 June 1944. With the Hillman site, which is essential to understanding how "Operation Overlord" unfolded in the area, the statue of Bill Millin is now an essential stop on the route of remembrance. Erected in June 2013, Place du Débarquement, at the exact spot on Sword Beach where Lord Lovat’s commandos landed on June 6, 1944, the monument is a beautiful tribute to the piper made famous by the mythical film The Longest Day. One can linger, not far from there, in front of the First British Graves Stele (4th Commando Avenue) and in front of the monument in homage to the commandos which marks the place of the beach trodden by the French and British troops of Commander Kieffer on the morning of D-Day. Since the ceremonies of June 2014, a commemorative plaque in homage to the 177 French marine commandos has also been installed at the Avenue de Bruxelles. It was inaugurated by the association D.Day-Overlord and the Amicale des Fusiliers Marins Commandos.
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