Day two of my tour of the Normandy D-Day landing beaches took me to the town of Carentan. An historically important place in the story of the liberation of Normandy, the Battle of Carentan took place between 7th and 13th June 1944. Carentan was heavily defended by the German 6th Parachute Regiment, the 101st Airborne…
As a child, Sunday afternoons were usually spent curled up on the sofa with my dad watching old war films, I was such a pain and would ask question after question and I think my fascination with military history just grew from there. Right up there on my ‘bucket list’, I had wanted to visit…
L’Orangerie du Grand Jardin, situated in the tranquil rural town of Conde-sur-Seulles, 8 km from Bayeux, makes for the perfect place to stay whilst exploring the D-Day landing beaches, memorials and museums.
