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On June 6, 1944, the Canadians landed here in Normandy.

Here, right at the harbor, you can buy the best fish and mussels and crabs

Nice beach town with bars and restaurants facing the sea

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Sometimes crosses are classified and named according to the reason for their construction, for example memorial, murder or expiatory crosses. Sometimes they are named according to the style in which the cross was built, as is the case here with a very distinctive feature: the so-called "Lorraine Cross" (Croix de lorraine) is easily recognizable by the second upper crossbar.

This immense cross of Lorraine was erected here because General de Gaulle landed on this beach located between Graye-sur-Mer and Courseulles-sur-Mer on June 14, 1944. Charles de Gaulle was warned at the last moment by the allies of the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944. Feeling terrible anger. He had these words: “France has been treated like a doormat! »

Vestige of anti-tank artillery from the 2nd World War, like so many that mark this coast...

The "Croix Lorraine" was the symbol of the Free French Forces under General Charles de Gaulle. It commemorates that Charles de Gaulle returned to France here on June 14, 1944 from exile in England.