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Calvados (Department, France)

80th anniversary flags by the Regional committe for tourism
Anniversary flags in Manche department
80th a nniversary flag in Omaha Beach

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80th anniversary flags by the Regional committe for tourism

Flag by the regional committee for tourism for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 3 March 2025

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Several flags were created by Region Normandie and the regional committee for tourism for the 80th birthday of the Normandy landings: photo, photo.

Olivier Touzeau, 3 March 2025

Anniversary flags in Manche department

Anniversary flag by the Manche departent for the anniversary of the Normandy landings - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 3 March 2025

Special flags by the Manche department were raised in 2019 and in 2024 for the 75th and 80th anniversaries of the Normandy landings: photo, photo, photo.

Olivier Touzeau, 3 March 2025

80th anniversary flag in Omaha Beach

Oùaha Beach D-Day 80th anniversary flag - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 3 March 2025

A flag (photo, photo) was created to adorn the communities of the Omaha Beach site on the coast (Calvados department). It was offered for purchase by the ARLOB association (association of residents of the Omaha Beach coastline) in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. On this flag are the code name of the beach, the landing dates, a dove of freedom raising and holding a laurel branch, a ribbon with the inscription: 80th anniversary of D-Day, a reminder of the American flag, a feather, so as not to forget the Native American and Indian veterans of the US, the name of the association. These elements are laid on a blue starry background. 320 of these flags were bought. [Source: linkedin (first version of the flag before production, a cross of Lorraine was then added for the Free French Forces: linkedin].

Olivier Touzeau, 3 March 2025