D-Day Remembered Days 1 and 2

[smallhobbit]

I'm back from my second battlefields trip this year.  This time it was a tour commemorating those who took part in the D-Day landings, since it is now 80 years since they happened.

This time we began on this side of the English Channel, where the build up took place and where some of the armada set sail.

Beginning with the naval memorial in Portsmouth:

   

There's a museum which has an original LCT (tank landing craft):

   

The following day, before travelling over to Normandy we visited the Gosport military cemetery:



And one of the areas where the tanks were loaded onto the LCTs 

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Glad you had a good time!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :)

[meridian_rose]

Fantastic photographs.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[rusty_armour]

I saw the naval memorial in Portsmouth many, many years ago, but I didn't visit the museum (if it was around back then). It's cool that the museum has an original LCT. You took some beautiful photos in the Gosport military cemetery. I particularly like that one of the D-Day bench.

[smallhobbit]

The museum is relatively new and the LCT has only been there for a couple of years. It makes so much difference actually standing on the vessel. I thought the bench was lovely.

[therealsnape]

Love the pictures, and I'm glad you have nice weather in France, judging from the blue sky in the last pic. Normandy can be a bit challenging, weatherwise.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Yes, we picked the best week!