Normandy Overlord Guide app
Dive into Overlord operation with geolocations of beach strongpoints, events, batteries, museums,... For guide your visit, planning your travel as well reference app.
Normandy Overlord Guide app puts the D-Day story right in your pocket.
Precise coordinates, instantly locate beaches, bunkers, batteries and key battle sites.
Normandy Overlord Guide helps you plan every step of your journey. Whether you’re preparing your itinerary from home or exploring Normandy on foot, the app offers precise location details, historical context, and travel tips to make the most of your trip. Easily navigate between key D-Day sites, organize your museum visits,... Ensure a well-planned and deeply enriching travel experience.
This app isn’t just for travelers, it’s a powerful reference you can use anytime and anywhere. Even if you’re not in Normandy nor plan to go, you can explore detailed maps, historical accounts and curated images from your phone or tablet. You can explore detailed maps, historical accounts and curated images from your phone or tablet.
Continue reading to figure out all the contents of the app: museums, strongpoints, geolocated events or places, coastal batteries and more...
Museums in Normandy
The zone of the overload operation is cover with several museum. I will split them in the two sections to better identify its zone whiting Normandy. Description of museum offers a detailed description of what you can see with remarks of the most relevant pieces and attractive of the museums as well as hints like extra activities offer by museums or if it's suitable for family visit.
American sector Normandy
From West to East: Crisbecq Battery Museum, World War 2 Museum, Utah Beach Landing Museum, D-Day Experience, Normandy Victory Museum, Omaha Beach Memorial Museum, Overlord Museum, Museum of the Battle of Normandy.
British sector Normandy
From West to East: The Bayeux Tapestry Museum is not related with D-Day but it is a must for any historic enthusiast, Juno Beach Centre, Station Radar 44 - Musee Franco-Allemand, The Grand Bunker Museum of the Atlantic Wall and Pegasus Memorial Museum.
Beach Strongpoints on D-Day
All the the beaches were defended by a net of strongpoints (Wn and Stp). Many of them were in the beach line but other were a bit inland. This app covers the most relevant strongpoints and defends of the Atlantic Wall in Normandy. Each strongpoint reference contain a information relevant topics such as assigned defender unit or combats during landings D-Day as well allocated guns and bunkers.
The list from West to East: Wn 1, Wn 2, Wn 3, Wn 4, Wn 5, Wn 6, Wn 7, Wn 8, Stp 9, Wn 10, Wn 10a, Wn 11, Wn 11a, Stp 12, Wn 60, Wn 61, Wn 62, Wn 63, Wn 64, Wn 65, Wn 66, Wn 67, Wn 68, Wn 69, Wn 70, Wn 71, Wn 72, Wn 73, Wn 74, Stp 75 Pointe du Hoc, Wn 81, Wn 83 Maisy 2, Wn 84 Maisy 1, Wn 33, Wn 35b, Wn 37, Stp 42 and Wn 31.
Geolocated events and places during operation Overlord
From actions that you have watched on Band of Brothers or D-Day to most unknown facts. A growing collection of geolocated references.
From West to East:: Sainte Mère Église Church, Drop Zone T, Drop Zone N, Ambush of Generalleutnant Falley, Pont l’Abbé Bridge, Neuville (Lieutenant Turnbull’s position), Lieutenant Waverly’s Fight, La Fière Bridge, Ambush of Lt. Col. Cole with Winters and Guarnere, Bloody Gulch fighting, Gaulle's first speech, Sergeant Hollis against cannon, Sherman's shots in the bell tower, Sherman cancelled cannon in bunker 612, General de Gaulle landing, Maximum advance 21 Div Panther, Lord Lovat’s commandos landing, Kieffer’s commandos landing, Hell’s corner, Fire position PIAT Lapointe, Abandonment Wittmann’s Tiger I, Closure Falaise pocket, Aerial attack Rommel’s car and Pegasus Bridge Combat.
Coastal Batteries
The coastal batteries were a key point in the Atlantic Wall design. This app has a special section for this element where each battery is analysed in detail D-Day combat actions as well as its composition: coastal guns, air defense,...
From West to East: Crisbecq Battery.
App accessibility features
Larger Text -> System accessibility options allow for customization of text and icon sizes, enhancing legibility, visibility, and readability. The application maintains full responsiveness when scaling text size by at least 200%, ensuring that readability is not compromised due to overlapping layouts or excessive truncation.
Sufficient Contrast -> The application provides a minimum contrast ratio between text, iconography, buttons, other controls, and the background, thereby enhancing readability. This feature caters to users with reduced vision due to disabilities or situational impairments, ensuring optimal readability even in dark mode.
Dark Interface -> The application supports a Dark Interface. If you experience light sensitivity, you can maintain a dark user interface for the application’s common tasks to alleviate eye strain or discomfort.
Differentiate Without Color Alone -> It is not advisable to rely solely on color to distinguish between different selection states or values within an application. Geolocations on maps, for instance, utilize distinct icons and colors to convey information. For example, strongpoints are represented by red backgrounds with shield icons, while museums are indicated by blue backgrounds with temple of three columns. Such an approach is ideally suited for users with color blindness or daltony.