Normandy beaches, France

Normandy's beaches don't really owe their fame as much to the holiday conditions they offer as to the history that is recorded on them. These places were landing zones of the Allies of Continental Europe in the invasion during the Second World War.
The beaches of Normandy were the strategic location the Allies chose to mount an amphibious assault and infiltrate France. The attack was codenamed "Operation Overlord". 3 million soldiers crossed La Mancha on June 6, 1944 making the military attack the largest landing operation of all time.
5 major beaches in Normandy are designated for Allied landing. These are Sword, the easternmost, Juno, to the west, which the Canadians storm, Gold, the centre of the battlefield, where the British have great success, and Omaha Beach, the one where the Americans storm, although it proves to be quite a difficult task. It is on this beach of Normandy that the prepared German 352nd Infantry Division is located, which engages them in the most terrifying battle of the day. The last, westernmost, beach is "Utah", which is mastered quite easily.
Today the Normandy beaches still bear the imprint of that time with German bunker systems and rusty exposed wires remaining on them.
St Mary's Cathedral, located in the heart of the French region of Champagne, was erected between the 12th and 13th centuries and was a favourite coronation site for French kings. St Mary's Cathedral used older church buildings for its foundations.
The bombings of the First World War inflicted severe damage on the religious house. Thanks to the financial support of John Rockefeller, restoration work was carried out on the cathedral. After the last renovations in 1991, St. Mary's was listed as a World Heritage Site that year.
The elegance and beauty of this Gothic cathedral conveys the feeling that it is made not of stone but rather of light and air. The façade of St Mary's is decorated with elegant buttresses ending in turrets forming a canopy over the angels. Because of these angels, St. Mary's is named the "Cathedral of the Angels".
Another remarkable detail of the cathedral is the 12-petalled Great Rose, which is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, located on a window. It is surrounded by musical apostles and angels, and is consecrated in the evening.
In addition to being a religious house, St. Mary's is also a treasure house of sorts - it houses objects collected over the centuries, such as a lavish Gothic organ, drawings by Tintoretto and Poussin, and an astronomical clock, among others.