Images by section
3,394 recorded reproductions
- The landings
- 582
- Places
- 1,141
- After D-Day
- 1,551
The same reproduction may appear in several sections, so these figures cannot be added together.
A collection to preserve and pass on
Preserve the
Yves Cordelle Collection.
Keeping these archives accessible means providing hosting, maintaining the website and updating its presentation over the years. You can help sustain this work.
Sharing and preserving since 2006
Yves Cordelle launched the first website in 2006. He brought together texts, photographs, maps, reports and eyewitness accounts about the Omaha Beach landings, particularly at Vierville-sur-Mer.
Since October 2026, his grandson Yohann Cordelle is responsible for its continuation and redesign. The new presentation makes the documents easier to read on a phone and access, while preserving the collection’s texts, captions and sources.
The original contents page states that the information has not been updated since 2020. The technical renewal and preservation of the site do not amount to a fresh historical verification of every document.
The collection in numbers
What you help preserve.
A collection of 232 documentary dossiers and 3,394 image reproductions, including 61 dossiers in the witness accounts section.
Witness accounts
61 files to read
Accounts, recollections and correspondence: a single file may bring together several documents or voices.
Documentary files
232 files across five sections
- Places
- 34
How are these figures calculated?
Relevé du 25 October 2026, based on the illustrations in the online files. Small images and their linked enlargements, as well as identical files, are grouped together. Different reproductions of the same photograph may still be counted separately.
Within each main section, a reproduction is counted only once, even if it appears in several files. The same reproduction may nevertheless appear in several sections. The photographs also include frames from period films. This is an inventory of available reproductions, rather than a count of unique original photographs.
What online preservation requires
A website that remains accessible.
People continue to use this website. Keeping it available involves hosting costs and regular maintenance.
Preserve the files
Fund the server, maintain the domain name and keep copies of the texts and images to preserve access to the collection.
Maintain the server
Administer the server, apply updates, monitor its availability and keep the backups needed to run the website.
Prepare for the years ahead
Regularly update the presentation and reading tools so that documents remain accessible on future devices and browsers.
Help sustain the collection
A donation to sustain the collection.
If you find this documentary work useful, you can help preserve it with a donation. Contributions are used to:
- pay for hosting for the website and maintain its domain name;
- administer the server, including updates, monitoring and backups;
- fund regular redesigns needed to keep the archives accessible and readable on current devices.
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Payment is handled by PayPal. Having trouble with the button? Contact Yohann.
Thank you to everyone who helps keep this collection accessible and pass on Yves Cordelle’s work.
Contribute your knowledge too
You can report a difficulty, suggest a correction with supporting sources, or tell us about work you have produced using the collection.
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