Exposition "Système D-[DAY]. Quand les paysans normands réutilisent le matériel militaire de la seconde guerre mondiale"

In addition to the famous June 6, 1944, D-Day military operation and the parachute drops for which Sainte-Mère-Eglise is famous, the Cotentin Farm Museum aims to explore the daily lives of civilians during the war and the Reconstruction period that followed
and the Reconstruction period that followed.
After 6 years of privation, shortages and rationing during the Second World War, civilians showed great ingenuity in reusing war material, both before and after the Allied landings. The large...