Normandy: Did you mean...?

Morgane Polanski and Clive Standen in the television series Vikings. The characters are based on Gisela of France and Rollo of Normandy.

A captured German bunker with 50-mm gun at Gold Beach, attacked during the D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of U.S. infantry troops (U.S. 7th Corps) landing at Utah Beach on D-Day 6 June 1944 during the Normandy Landings of WWII. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of an abandoned British flail tank on Sword Beach during the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing U.S. troops (7th Corps) breaching the sea wall at Utah Beach during the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing British troops moving inland off Sword Beach after the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944. The town is La Brèche d'Hermanville. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing destroyed vehicles of the U.S. Army on Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings which began on D-Day 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Musuems)

A photograph showing members of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division attacking Juno Beach as part of the Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. In the background is Bernieres-sur-Mer. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing landing craft heading to Utah Beach on D-Day 6 June 1944 during the Normandy Landings of WWII. (Imperial War Museums)

An aerial view showing the Allied landing craft and assault troops at Juno Beach, Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)