Words cannot describe the intense sadness of this cemetery, so I simply shall not try… I did whisper a word of thanks to all the poor souls whose lives were stolen from them during those awful times…

After the cemetery we headed to Pointe du Hoc to see the site of the assault by the US 2nd  Ranger battalion on the top of the cliff, where it was erroneously believed that the Germans had a battery of captured 155mm guns trained on the invasion beaches. The effects of the intense fighting can still be seen today, as evidenced by the huge bomb craters all around the bunkers…