Exhibition "Operation Bluecoat"

Name: Exhibition "Operation Bluecoat"
Start: 2022-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la percée du bocage

Come discover Operation Bluecoat through a sound and light that will allow you to listen to the testimonies of the fighters in the Bocage. Vintage vehicles will be present on the WE.

16 - 18 September 2022Passed

Bertrand Froger

Come and discover Operation Bluecoat through a guided tour of sound and light as well as a gigantic diorama that will allow you to listen to the poignant testimonies of British fighters in the Bocage. Vintage vehicles belonging to enthusiasts, friends of the museum will be present on the weekend .

Types d'événement

Exposition

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Musée de la percée du bocage

5 rue du 19 mars 1962, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, 14350 Souleuvre en Bocage

Calvados
Normandie

The museum redraws the adventure of the British combatants during the operation " Bluecoat « which took place from July 30th, 1944 till August 8th, 1944, as well as the everyday life of the inhabitants of the Bocage during the period of activity(occupation) from 1940 till 1944\. The accent is put in it on the men(people) and their stories(trouble), their destinies of postwar years. They are so put in honour across eight museographic spaces and an animation sound and light.