Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Clarification

A quick note. The people who are writing about the paratrooper caught on the steeple are confusing the Eglise in Colleville sur Mer, just up from Omaha Beach with the one in Sainte-Mère-Église, where...

Unbelievable Site

This location needs to be experienced to actually see the paratrooper hanging from the steeple. The fact that this person survived is even more incredible. A must stop on your visit to Normandy.

Worth the time to see

Really worth the time it took to see. Was very interesting and the town around the church is a enjoyable walk and site seeing. Across the street from the museum. The church is well maintained and very...

What a lovely story

John Steel was a US paratrooper who during the D Day invasion landed on the church steeple his rigging got caught he was shot in the foot so played dead for a while before the Germans took him prisone...

Very nice

The church was like many in the area however its role in the D-Day invasion is a fantastic story. The little square is absolutely fantastic. We walked the little village and stopped in a local bakery...