This Churchill and the monument below stand as a memorial to the 4th Wessex Division and the capture of the Fontaine Castle and the liberation of the towns of Maltot and Eterville.

 SHERMAN
at Ecouche

One of the many Sherman Memorials around Normandy, but this one shows obvious signs of damage. Four large shell holes can be seen on the left side, and a large outward protruding dent on the right side where one shell made it almost out of the other side. The steel armour almost looks like it has been melted.

SHERMAN
at St-Christophe-le-Jajolet

This Sherman belonged to the 2nd Armoured Division of General Leclerc. It remains where it was destroyed  on August 12th 1944. There are signs of the hull plating being buckled outwards by an internal explosion. 

SHERMAN
at Foret d'Ecouves

Another 2nd Armoured Division battle damaged Sherman of General Leclerc. Shermans and Panthers clashed in the forest here. An incredibly lucky shot sliced through and kinked the barrel of this Sherman. There seems to be no other signs of damage.

M3 HALFTRACK
at Tournai-sur-Dives

This M3 Halftrack and the plaque below stand to mark the point of surrender of 2000 German soldiers and officers to one Canadian Soldier between the hours of 14:30 and 17:00 on August 21st 1944, marking the end of the battle for Normandy. 

MONTORMEL MUSEUM

This museum tells the story of the Falaise Pocket, the capture of 50,000 German troops, and also the German escape before the Falaise pocket is closed. 

There was so much scrap metal from the thousands of abandoned vehicles that the French scrapping operation wasn't completed until the mid 1960's, not that long before I was born. 

TIGER
at Vimoutiers

This Tiger Tank, one of only two left in France stands as a memorial on a hill on the outskirts of the town of Vimoutiers.

Several large cracks are visible in the turret where the crew destroyed the tank via charges inside after abandoning the vehicle, possibly due to fuel shortage. 

CAEN MUSEUM

The Caen museum was a strange mix of wartime history to present day and modern art. I'm still trying to understand what the focus of the museum was, but the most impressive exhibit was what looked to be a replica Typhoon, complete with wing mounted rockets.