World War II sites in France

Izieu () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies on the river Rhône, between the cities of Lyon and Chambéry.

extensive system of coastal fortifications built by Nazi Germany

Carentan () is a small rural town near the north-eastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy in north-western France, with a population of about 6,000. It is a former commune in the Manche department. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Carentan-les-Marais. The town was a strategic early goal of the World War II landings as capturing the town was necessary to link the lodgements at Utah Beach and Omaha Beach which were divided by the Douve river estuary (nearby fields were flooded by the Germans up to the town's outskirts). The town was also needed as an inte

1942 landing operation in World War II

estuary in New Aquitaine, France

'''Saint-Leu-d'Esserent''' () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

Poix-de-Picardie (, literally Poix of Picardy; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

castle

Beurey-sur-Saulx (, literally Beurey on Saulx) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.

point of attack during Operation Overlord in World War II

German supergun

forest in France

bridge in Normandy

WWII Nazi-built bunker complex in France

Second World War underground military complex built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to house a battery of V-3 cannons aimed at London, 165 kilometres (103 mi) away.

Second World War bunker complex in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, built by Nazi Germany between March 1943 and July 1944 to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets directed against London and southern England

codename for one of Adolf Hitler's military headquarters

bunker in Mellevile, Calvados, France

café

Battery of coastal artillery built by Nazi Germany during World War II, located near Cape Gris-Nez, Pas de Calais, France.

internment camp on the territory of the French commune of Argelès-sur-Mer

abbey located in Calvados, in France

French chateau

Artillery batteries

German bunker from World War II on Sword Beach, Normandy, France

WW2 German fortification between Gold and Omaha beaches, Normandy

French national and war memorial in the Forest of Compiègne in Picardy

bridge in France

former prison in Lyon, France

airport in France

WW2 German fortifications in Normandy, France