Normandy villagers protest British D-Day memorial because it "cuts the view over the sea"
Several residents of Ver-sur-Mer are against the memorial because of the influx of tourists it will trigger and the impact of it on the environment.
Residents of a coastal French village are protesting a decision that will see a monument erected to honor the soldiers who laid their lives down on D-Day during the Allied invasion of Normandy, which eventually triggered the liberation of German-occupied France, and later Europe.
The Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, were arguably the most significant point of World War II and would eventually shift the tide in the Allies' favor by laying the foundations for their victory on the Western Front.
But the human cost of the operation — which was the largest seaborne invasion in history — would prove heavy.