If the VE Day commemorative events have peaked your interest in WWII history or you'd like to pay your respects in a place where conflict happened, plan a trip to Normandy, France where the D-Day landings began the liberation of Europe in June 1944.
Start your trip, as most do, at the American Normandy Memorial, before heading to these 4 sites, all less than an hour's drive away:
Omaha Beach
Pointe du Hoc
The British Normandy Memorial
Sainte-Mère-Église
