“We have a friend who owns a complex of bunkers behind Utah Beach and became fascinated with the history surrounding the site, it’s architecture for a purpose, and the archaeological finds ...

A bunker on the Atlantic Wall (Hitler’s vast coastal defences) Credit: Getty It takes in Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches along with museums, memorials, bunkers from the Atlantic Wall ...

"It’s hard to believe but I saw that beach bounce. I could just see it vibrating," said Don Buswell of Ogden, who was aboard a landing craft at Utah Beach on D-Day, in a 2005 interview with KUED.

The beach here has actually thickened over the years, its dune consuming old German bunkers. Image Cécile Dumont, 92, was a teenager when the Americans landed.