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War vestiges 39-45 in France

The remnants of the 39-45 War are mainly concentrated in Normandy, Hauts de France, Grand-Est and New Aquitaine.
They are mainly indicative of the fighting related to the June 44 landing and traces of Nazi cruelty such as the martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane, the Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial or the Izieu Children's Memorial.
As for the Battle of Normandy, there are many traces of the disembarkation still visible today: batteries, bunkers, cimetières... The Normandy is therefore a true open-air museum with many museums and arrow path that will allow you to understand the history of the disembarkation of June 6, 44.
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les Vestiges of the two major wars in France

1 residue of the second world war en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
3 remnants of the second world war dans le Grand-Est
3 remnants of the second world war dans les Hauts-de-France
13 remnants of the second world war en Normandie
1 residue of the second world war en Île de France
5 remnants of the second world war en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2 remnants of the second world war en Occitanie
1 residue of the second world war en Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur
1 residue of the second world war dans le Pays-de-la-Loire
War vestiges 39-45 in France

Sélection de 8 remnants of the second world war sur 30 en France

Oradour-sur-Glane Cemetery
Cemetery
87520 Oradour-sur-Glane

The 12th-century Oradour-sur-Glane Cemetery houses a lantern of the dead that is listed as a historical monument. Located in Upper Vienna, it is linked to the martyr village of 1944 and its ossuary memorial.
Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial
War vestiges 39-45
68500 Hartmannswiller

The Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial, nicknamed Old Armand, is a First World War national monument located at an altitude of 957 m in the Alsatian Vosges, commemorating the deadly fighting of 1915 between French and Germans.
Montreuil-Bellay Gypsy concentration camp
Concentration camp
49260 Montreuil-Bellay

The Montreuil-Bellay concentration camp, located in Maine-et-Loire, was a place of internment for Gypsies and other nomads during the Second World War (1941-1945), during the Vichy regime and the German occupation.
Battery of Crisbecq in Saint-Marcouf
German battery
50310 Saint-Marcouf

The Crisbecq battery, built in the 1940s in Saint-Marcouf, Normandy, is a powerful German coastal battery of the Atlantic Wall, famous for having fired the first shots of the Allied landing in 1944.
Brécourt V1 launch ramp
War vestiges 39-45
50120 Equeurdreville-Hainneville

The Brécourt V1 launch ramp, built in the 1940s in Equeurdreville-Hainneville, Manche, is a unique vestige of the Atlantic Wall, used by the Luftwaffe for V1 and V2 missiles.
Batterie du Roc in Granville
German battery
50400 Granville

The Roc in Granville is a 20th century military ensemble, integrated with the Atlantic Wall, dominating the Normandy coast with its casemates and cannons.
Launch base of V 1 du Bois des Huit Rues (also on Morbecque municipality)
War vestiges 39-45
59190 Wallon-Cappel

The launch base of V1 du Bois des Huit-Rues, built in 1943 in Wallon-Cappel (North), is a Second World War military vestige, targeted by Operation Crossbow and listed as a historic monument in 2007.
Helfaut cupola
Blockhaus
62570 Helfaut

The Coupole d'Helfaut, Nazi bunker of 1943-1944 near Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), was to launch V2 rockets. Today the historical museum on the Second World War and the conquest of space.