Km 00 Liberty Road – Utah Beach Museum loop from Calais

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Km 00 Liberty Road – Utah Beach Museum loop from Calais

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Km 00 Liberty Road – Utah Beach Museum loop from Calais

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9.91km

40m

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Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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Km 00 Liberty Road

Highlight • Monument

The Freedom Route is a historic route which commemorates the Liberation of France but also that of Belgium and Luxembourg during the Second World War. The km 0 and 00 terminals of this Route are located in the Manche at Sainte-Mère-Eglise and Utah Beach.
The Way of Freedom was created on the initiative of Commander Guy de la Vasselais. Head of the French military tactical liaison mission near General Patton's 3rd American Army, Guy de la Vasselais received numerous medals at the Liberation. It was in 1946 that he decided to create a Freedom Route in tribute to the sacrifices of the men of the 3rd Army who came to liberate Europe.
The Road to Freedom follows the route taken by the Allies and the French army to liberate France and part of the Benelux.

Terminal :
In 1944 the USA had 48 states, the terminal will therefore have 48 stars to illustrate these states. The 4 colored rectangles represent the 4 portions of the Way of Freedom, namely:
- Sainte-Mère-Eglise/Cherbourg;
- Sainte-Mère-Eglise/Avranches;
- Avranches/Metz;
- Metz/Luxembourg/Bastogne.
Then, always faithful to American symbols, the central flame, representing the torch of Liberty emerging from the sea, is modeled on the flame of the Statue of Liberty.
Source: manchetourisme.com

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Utah Beach Museum

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Utah Beach is one of the five beaches of the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944. In comparison to Omaha Beach which was catastrophic on a human level and which was nicknamed "the bloody one", the landing of Utah Beach was a real success.

In the first twelve hours of the operation, 23,250 men, 1,700 combat vehicles and 1,695 tons of supplies will be landed on this beach.

You will learn all this and more by visiting this very interesting museum in more detail.

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3.02 km

D-Day Memorial June 6, 1944

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Monument commemorating the Allied landings in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord. The statue was created by the American sculptor Stephen Spears. Now - in 2022 - the different war resp. Anti-war memorials more intense than before.

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Memorial and museum of the Allied landing of the Second World War

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One of several débarquement beaches of the June 6 1944 landing of allied liberation forces dotting the Normandy coast. One of the better of the many tourist trap D-Day museums is here. The free outdoors exhibits are the most memorable; detailed visits inside are € 8.

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Major Richard D Winters Memorial

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If you like World War II history and the Band of Brothers series, you may want to visit the Major Richard D Winters Memorial, a monument dedicated to the memory of all junior officers of the United States Army who served on D-Day. The monument is a 12-foot-high statue. The monument is a 12-foot-tall statue of Major Winters, who led Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division in several battles in Europe. The monument is located on the D913 between Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Utah Beach, two of the landing sites of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The monument bears an inscription that reads: "Wars do not make men great, but they bring out the greatness of good men."

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