26/05/2024
WW2 American, British and German gun collection on display for the 80th D-Day Anniversary (at Arromanches' 'D-Day Museum' ):
Karabiner 98K,
M1 Garand, USM1 A1,
M1903 Springfield,
Grease Gun M3,
N°4 Mark I Lee Enfield,
Gewehr 41 and MG 42
These guns were sourced and brought together by the French state - from private collections - and are on loan to the museum as a tribute to the memory of the brave, selfless soldiers who fought - and those who died - during the Battle of Normandy, 1944.
Lest we forget...