W.C. Fields once said ' History...... is just one darned thing after another.'
Many school boys would share that jaundiced view, but come to Normandy and history will live for you.
Normandy's one historical site after another.
From William the Conqueror's birthplace to his capital and chateau. Through the hundred years war and Joan of Arc. 14th, 15th century half timbered houses and manors.
Where's the eighth wonder of the world? Where does Camembert cheese come from? Where does the famous apple brandy Calvados come from?... Normandy !
William the Conqueror sailed from Normandy to be the last man to have invaded England. One of his companions in arms was a certain Montgommery. One of his descendants came back 900 years later to liberate this land.
These first two audio guides deal with the D day landing beaches and Bayeux.
D-Day was the greatest military operation ever carried out. It was the operation that started the end of the second world war. The war carried on for another 11 months after the d day landings but without the invasion into Normandy the allies couldn't have come to victory in Europe.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux tapestry which tells the story of William the conquerors invasion of England in 1066. Bayeux was the first town to be liberated in 1944 and one of the few major towns not to have been badly damaged. Like at Mont St Michel, Honfleur and Rouen there are many fine buildings and vestiges of times past to muse over.
