Sainte-Mère-Eglise Liberation Monument
A monument to the liberation of Sainte-Mère-Eglise by the 82nd and 101st Divisions.
5TH 6TH JUNE 1944. THE
82ND AND 101ST DIV.
U.S.A. OF PARATROOPS
LIBERATE THE DISTRICT
A monument to the liberation of Sainte-Mère-Eglise by the 82nd and 101st Divisions.
5TH 6TH JUNE 1944. THE
82ND AND 101ST DIV.
U.S.A. OF PARATROOPS
LIBERATE THE DISTRICT
Address
Rue Général de Gaulle
Sainte-Mère-Église, Manche
50480
France
Coordinates
49.40851, -1.317353
Parking
A monument to the Allied Airborne units who took part in Operation Overlord in June 1944.
A memorial to Alexandre Renaud, the former major of Saint-Mere-Eglise when the Allies landed in WW2.
Sainte-Mère-Église Church in Normandy, famous for its D-Day paratrooper, John Steele who hung from the church steeple for several hours after the 82nd airborne division was mistakenly dropped onto the town
