The German cemetery
is the only German mausoleum in France. The mausoleum is a circular building with a diameter of about 47 meters, consisting of two floors. From the inside, one can see an open gallery on the first floor and the upper floor. The mausoleum is the final resting place of 11956 soldiers who died during the Second World War, as well as civilians, 64 children and newborns, and offers a magnificent view of Mont Saint-Michel.
American Cemetery
This site, which covers 70 hectares, overlooks Omaha beach. It gathers the graves of 9387 fallen soldiers. The chapel, the memorial and the garden of the missing complete the site. The visitor's center pays tribute to the courage and skill that were required to conduct Operation Overlord and to liberate Europe, as well as to the sacrifice made by those who lie here today.
Arromanches has remained famous as one of the historic sites of the Normandy landings (code name: Operation Neptune), notably for the artificial port that was installed there. It was on the beach of Arromanches that, during the Battle of Normandy, immediately after D-Day, the Allies established the Mulberry Port, a temporary artificial harbour to allow the landing of heavy equipment, without waiting for the conquest of deep water ports such as those of Le Havre or Cherbourg. Although located in the center of the Gold Beach landing zone, Arromanches was spared the brunt of the fighting on D-Day. In order to allow the installation of a harbour and its proper functioning as quickly as possible, the beach had to be preserved and the communication routes in the vicinity had to be preserved. The port was therefore put into service on June 14.