Armortek

Looks like my next tour will be the pearly gates one

The rest of the pictures to follow soonly

The American Military Cemetery and Memorial Park Omaha Beach



Still raining



The Ryan brothers are buried here (Saving Private Ryan)





A beautifully kept area

Yet another gun battery............and its stopped raining



HMS Ajax the famous cruiser (Battle of the river Plate) apparently knocked a couple of these out



Someone also said that this emplacement had an ammo explosion.













The sea



As usual 4 guns



And an old Russian piece?

It's amazing those guns are still in such reasonable condition.

When we were there there were a couple of coach loads of French school kids re-enacting Cher's famous video on those gun barrels...

Glad it's stopped raining

Adrian.

Chers famous video? I must be old

On to the smallest war cemetery in France where just 47 soldiers are buried











The newly renovated barn over the road which was a field hospital

This is the newly created memorial to allied pilots







The pictures speak for themselves

Ah Adrian

I never knew they lost so many Typhoon pilots.

The problem with being a mainly low level sortie role I suppose.

Adrian.

Shouldn't that be "Colline 112"

Adrian

No idea Adrian but that colection of stones was there?

Hill 112





The Churchill. Look at the tracks and thier colour.















It doesnt look like a hill but when you are there you can see how it dominates the whole area.









At the top of the hill, amongst the trees, there are small crosses and other memos

Falaise, St Lambert and Montormel known as "The Corridor of Death" This was the only escape route for two German armies. But 80000 had already escaped.













And the famous surrender

> No idea Adrian but that colection of stones was there?

My French isn't the best but AFAIK, "colline" is hill, "cote" is coast

Adrian.

Take it up with the French ministry of disinformation

Ok the last few photos



Apparently this is as far that the last German units reached before the surrender.



Free French markings





And a nice looking Sherman in Polish markings









Regards Stewart