Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...

The Omaha Beach Memorial Museum provides an insightful look into the events of that fateful day. As you stroll along the sand, the vastness of the beach underscores the scale of the operation.

Plan Ahead: Since some of Normandy's D-Day beaches sit roughly 200 miles northwest of Paris, you're in for a full day, but ...