Battlefield relics : Normandie 1944

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Battlefield relics

Normandy 1944

Through their photographic presentation, the stories they tell and their actual historical significance, the battlefield relics shown here cast a different light on D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, and extolls the enthusiasm and worthiness of the collectors who preserved them.

This important heritage, discovered on the battlefield of a hundred day struggle that spanned from June 6, 1944 to the liberation of Paris, features many surprising and unexpected artifacts, expressing the sacrifice of both soldiers and civilian victims, but also the happier times of a long awaited libération.