On Saturday, the 23rd we took a tour to Normandy to see the D-Day beaches June 1944 Are you still not tired of your history lessons? We have learned so much!! We have learned that over 50,000,000 people lost their lives during World War II. I had heard of the 6 million Jews, but this figure is from all countries! WOW! How sad!!
Here's a picture of the Museum at Omaha
From the museum where we saw a video, we were taken to the beaches between Utah and Omaha
These are the over 100 foot cliffs our soldiers had to climb and they were getting shot at by the German's all the while. 2500 men died on these beaches before they made it over the top.
Here's a picture of the craters our bombs made and the cliffs in the background
Here's some pictures of the graves. Approximately 9500 American soldiers are buried here.
Here is Sam on the Juno Beach where the Canadians made their landing.
