D-Day Experience, in Saint-Côme-du-Mont, offers a unique and immersive journey into World War II history. It features two museums, a flight simulator and a giant-screen 3D cinema, all set in a historically significant location. Spread over more than 10,000m², it’s an engaging, and moving, way to learn about the events of June 6, 1944.

 

1. A unique D-Day flight simulator

D-Day Experience is the only simulator in the world that offers a truly immersive experience. First you are put in the shoes of American soldier Lt. Colonel Wolverton, in the form of a hologram (inspired by a real paratrooper), who explains your mission and the paratroopers’ equipment. Then you find yourself in June 1944, just a few hours before the D-Day Landings. Finally, you board a C-47 transformed into a flight simulator: be careful, it’s going to be a rough flight as bombings rage around you! This unique recreation has been praised by D-Day veterans for its authenticity.

2. Educational 3D cinema

Discover the Normandy Landings from a new perspective in the D-Day Experience giant screen 3D cinema. By using the very best technology, D-Day Experience immerses you in the heart of D-Day with educational and exciting films, including D-Day Normandy 1944 and Take and Hold Carentan. Here you will learn all you need to know about the Landings and the Battle of Carentan.

3. The largest collection in the world on airborne troops

What makes the D-Day Experience museum so special is the fact that here, history is told by the men and women who lived it. Indeed, each object shown here is authentic and was actually used during the Second World War, such as General Eisenhower’s jacket, Dick Winters’ jacket and General Matthew Ridgway’s helmet. With thousands of objects on display, this collection is considered the largest in the world on airborne troops.

4. See the war from Allies’ and German points of view

In order to offer a complete visit, D-Day Experience’s 2500m² museum space invites you to discover not only the Allies’ point of view but also the German point of view, via an historic house in which a command post is recreated. This dual perspective allows for an even more comprehensive understanding of the events that unfolded in June 1944.

5. An historic place at the gates of Carentan

Located in Saint-Côme-du-Mont, at the entrance to Carentan, D-Day Experience was the site of a fierce fight between American and German paratroopers. Nicknamed Dead Man’s Corner, this historic place was decisive in the liberation of the town of Carentan. In the heart of the marshes and on the road to Utah Beach, Carentan was one of the main objectives of the American paratroopers in order to achieve victory in Normandy. Discover the full story at D-Day Experience.

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