Perched above the Channel on sheer 100-foot cliffs, Pointe du Hoc is where the U.S. Army Rangers performed one of the most daring assaults of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, they scaled these cliffs under relentless fire to neutralize a German battery threatening both Omaha and Utah Beach. The craters, collapsed bunkers, and original gun emplacements are still here — untouched, raw, and breathtaking. Your historian-guide will walk you through every detail of the assault.

This is the beach Americans know by heart. On June 6, 1944, U.S. forces stormed "Bloody Omaha" against the heaviest German defenses of the entire Normandy landings. The losses were devastating — and the courage, extraordinary. Walking this wide, quiet stretch of sand today, with your guide recounting the hour-by-hour story of the assault, is an experience that stays with you long after you return to the ship.

Overlooking Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer is the final resting place of 9,387 American soldiers. Row after row of perfectly aligned white marble crosses and Stars of David stretch across 172 acres of French soil, permanently granted to the United States. The on-site museum and Wall of the Missing make this not just a memorial, but a profound and deeply personal tribute. Your guide will give voice to the names carved in stone.

Standing on the beach at Arromanches, you can still see the rusting remnants of Mulberry Harbour B — one of two prefabricated artificial harbors towed across the Channel and assembled in just 12 days after D-Day. This engineering marvel supplied over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of supplies to the Allied forces. A remarkable chapter in the story of liberation, brought to life by your guide.