Mémorial de Montormel © Tourisme 61

August 44 loop - Battle of Normandy Memorial

Tourist routes in the Orne

A 10-stage historical circuit around the strategic sites of the last Battle of Normandy and the famous Falaise-Chambois Pocket.
This route is signed and equipped with information boards. It takes in the Montormel Memorial, Chambois, the Corridor of Death at St- Lambert-sur-Dives, Coudehard, Aubry-en-Exmes and Tournai-sur-Dives.
A visit to the Montormel Memorial is advised to better understand the circuit and the course of the battle.

On the route:

• The Montormel Memorial
• Chambois – Fel
• Aubry-en-Exmes
• Tournai-sur-Dives
• Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives (in front of the church)
• Chambois – Gué de Moissy (at the ford)
• Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives (Place de la Mairie)
• Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives – Bourgogne
• Coudehard – La Cour du Bosq
• Coudehard – Hill 262