August 2018 - after visiting Caen and Bayeux in the morning and noontime, we finally made it to the D-Day beaches. Since we still wanted to arrive in St. Michel that day, we ony visited  Omaha Beach and Point du hoc.

Coming near the sites, the area is flagged with US-American and Canadian flags. Numerous military museums, tanks, and shops for souvenirs are paving the roads. It looks a bit like military disneyland. The beach itself is nothing special. People are relaxing on the sand, there are some flags and  monuments next to it. At point du hoc, it looks more authentic. You can visit the old german fortifications and batteries and really can imagine how difficult it was for the allies to reconquer Europe and fight Nazi Germany.

As of WHS status, I am not sure. The WW1 memorials are too much based on cemetaries, WWII has "only " Auschwitz and Hiroshima so far. Definitely these two historic events need more recognition on the WHS list. But than maybe on an international scale, with memorials that commemorate the warfare and crimes.