Cobra 44 Commemorative Festival – 2nd edition – July 22 to 24, 2022

After the success of the first edition, the Cobra 44 Commemorative festival returns to the Normandy Victory Museum. For several days, we will celebrate the end of the battle of the hedgerows marked by General Bradley’s Operation Cobra. Through these different events we will pay tribute to the soldiers and civilians who fought for our dear Freedom.

Friday 22nd July

Saturday 23rd July

Sunday 24th July

Installation of the reenactment camps

Friday July 22 from 6 p.m.

Reenactment camp cobra 44 normandie FORTYS GROUP

Several groups of re-enactors will set up camp near the museum These associations of enthusiasts with recognized work, will share their knowledge of history with the public. Presentations, demonstrations… you will discover in great detail the life in the camps for the units which took part in one of the last battles for the liberation of Normandy: operation COBRA.

Thanks to Forty’s Group – Front Line Issue – Mayenne WW2 for their presence

Free

Vintage dinner with Swing Melodies orchestra concert

Friday July 22, evening

Swing melodies orchestra at Normandy Victory Museum

The A10 Canteen restaurant offers a meal in period dress with musical entertainment.

(Menu at €25/Pers.: onion soup; confit pork cheek, Jerusalem artichokes and potatoes; rice pudding; 1/4 cider or wine or soft drink.)

Booking required directly at the A10 Canteen on +33 (0)233 545 183 – Period dress required

The concert of the Swing Melodies Orchestra (This norman group of happy musicians will delight you with tunes from the 40s and 50s) will be held outdoors and can therefore be listened to by all.

Friday 22nd July

Saturday 23rd July

Sunday 24th July

Reenactment camp

Day 2

Reenactment camp cobra 44 normandie Front line issue
Several groups of re-enactors will set up camp near the museum These associations of enthusiasts with recognized work, will share their knowledge of history with the public. Presentations, demonstrations… you will discover in great detail the life in the camps for the units which took part in one of the last battles for the liberation of Normandy: operation COBRA.

Thanks to Forty’s Group – Front Line Issue – Mayenne WW2 for their presence

Free

Guided tours of the temporary exhibition “Trippelwagen”, by Grégory Oswald, curator of the Museum of Molsheim (Alsace)

Saturday July 23, between 9.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. – Exhibition hall inside the museum

Gregory oswald trippelwagen

Conference « Le Mythe ENIGMA » by Edmond KERN, crypto enthusiast!

Saturday July 23, at 10.30 a.m. in the Greenfield room

coding machine enigma Conference

Edmond Kern, the specialist in the ENIGMA machine, offers you a conference in which he goes into detail about the history of the famous coding machine that the Germans believed to be indecipherable…

Free

Signing of the comic book “Le Petit Théâtre des Opérations” by the author, Julien Hervieux

Saturday 23 July, between 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m., in the hall of the museum

Julien Hervieux Signing Petit théâtre des opérations

Demonstrations of the “ENIGMA” coding machine

Saturday 23 July, between 2pm and 7pm, inside the museum

Demonstration of enigma coding machine

Edmond Kern will be inside the museum to show you the famous German coding machine, of which he knows all the secrets. he will make you code and then decode your first name on one of the rare machines still in operation in the world.

Included in the museum ticket

Thematic guided tours: “Cobra’s objects come out of the vitrines”.

Saturday July 23, between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., inside the museum

guided tour patrick fissot

Patrick Fissot, one of the founders of the museum and professor of history, takes you on an intimate visit through the aisles of the museum. For you, objects that were present during Operation Cobra will come out of the windows and tell you their story.

Three visits are planned during the afternoon with groups of 15/25 people.

Included in the museum entrance ticket

Conference “The hell of the bocage through letters from GI’s ” by Clément Horvath

Saturday 23 July at 16.30 in the Greenfield Hall

Conference clément horvath

Guided tour / Special tour « At the heart of the Hedgerows hell»

Saturday July 23 at 5 p.m. (Duration 1h30)

Guided tour battle of the hedges

Performance “Forgotten heroes and battles” by Julien Hervieux, the popularizer of history

Saturday July 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Greenfield room

Performance Julien Hervieux Odieux connard

Halfway between a history lesson and stand-up comedy, the creator of “Le Petit Théâtre des Opérations” takes you with him into a world he knows very well and which he likes to show with simplicity and emotion. This show on the battles and forgotten heroes of the Second World War is as instructive as it is entertaining and not to be missed!

Free

Concert Swing Melodies orchestra

Saturday 23 July, from 8:30 p.m.

Swing melodies orchestra

For the second evening, the group Swing Melodies Orchestra will be there to make you dance and sing to the tunes of the 40s and 50s.

Free

Friday 22nd July

Saturday 23rd July

Sunday 24th July

Reenactment camp

Day 3

Reenactment camp cobra 44 normandie Mayenne WW2
Several groups of re-enactors will set up camp near the museum These associations of enthusiasts with recognized work, will share their knowledge of history with the public. Presentations, demonstrations… you will discover in great detail the life in the camps for the units which took part in one of the last battles for the liberation of Normandy: operation COBRA.

Thanks to Forty’s Group – Front Line Issue – Mayenne WW2 for their presence

Free

Guided tours of the temporary exhibition “Trippelwagen”, by Grégory Oswald, curator of the Museum of Molsheim (Alsace)

Sunday 24 July, between 09.30 and 19.00 – Exhibition hall inside the museum

Gregory oswald trippelwagen

Grégory Oswald will share with you all the secrets of the mythical amphibious car, in particular during its production in the Bugatti factory in Molsheim from 1940 to 1944, all in front of the last example preserved in France, the SG6-41 in the Musée des Blindés in Saumur.

Included in the museum ticket

Demonstrations of the “ENIGMA” coding machine

Sunday 24 July, between 9.30 am and 7 pm, inside the museum

Demonstration of enigma coding machine

Edmond Kern will be inside the museum to show you the famous German coding machine, of which he knows all the secrets. In particular, he will make you code and then decode your first name on one of the rare machines still in operation in the world.

Included in the museum ticket

Signing of the comic book series “NORMANDIE JUIN 1944” by Jean-Blaise Djian

Sunday 24 July, between 10 am and 6 pm, in the hall of the museum

BOOK SIGNING NORMANDY JUNE 44

Conference: “The American army in Normandy: strengths and weaknesses” by Christophe Prime

Sunday, July 24, 10:30 a.m. in the Greenfield room

BOOK SIGNING NORMANDY JUNE 44

Signing of the comic book “Le Petit Théâtre des Opérations” by the author, Julien Hervieux

Sunday 24 July, between 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m., in the entrance hall of the museum

Julien Hervieux Signing Petit théâtre des opérations

Thematic guided tours: “Cobra’s objects come out of the vitrines”.

Saturday July 23, between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., inside the museum

guided tour patrick fissot

Patrick Fissot, one of the founders of the museum and professor of history, takes you on an intimate visit through the aisles of the museum. For you, objects that were present during Operation Cobra will come out of the windows and tell you their story.

Three visits are planned during the afternoon with groups of 15/25 people.

Included in the museum entrance ticket

Book signing of the book “D-DAY, un jour noir” by the author, Yves Corver

Sunday 24 July, between 2pm and 6pm, in the entrance hall of the museum

YVES CORVER book signing DDAY un jour noir

Screening of the “Résistance” web series – Multi award-winning

Sunday July 24, at 3 p.m. in the Greenfield room

Websérie résistance

In the presence of actors from the series and the director of photography

A Norman director, Maxime Chefdeville, a Norman production, the French Corp, and a 99% Norman cast for this wesberia on the Resistance in Normandy. The series, with its quirky tone and its assumed references to such French films as “La Grande vadrouille”, “La 7ème Compagnie” or “Kaamelott”, takes us on the adventures of the FIFI (and not FFI), a group of Normans determined to resist the German occupier.

A selection of episodes will make up this one-hour screening, which will be followed by an exchange with the team.

Guided tour / Special tour « At the heart of the Hedgerows hell»

Sunday July 24 at 5 p.m. (Duration 1h30)

Guided tour battle of the hedges

Retro Festival

organised by the A10 Canteen

Sunday 24 July, 10am to 7pm – Restaurant and outdoor terrace

Hot Rod 56 concert – From 1:15 p.m.

50’s Rockabilly – Tribute to Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and other Rock’n’Roll legends.

Gathering of old civilian and military vehicles

Activities and stands on the theme of the 1950s

“Guinguette “and mussels/french fries party

Musical entertainment by Ludo and wooden dance floor for amateurs!

Find the full programme, information and booking details on the restaurant website

–> See the A10 Canteen Facebook page

–> Or call at +33 233 545 183

They will be present during the festival

Exhibition of models and dioramas by C’MAFIG – Cherbourg

In the barracks, outside the museum

Exhibition models and dioramas

This club of enthusiasts which participates in numerous exhibitions and competitions will present its achievements to you in the form of models and dioramas including planes, armored vehicles, civilian and military vehicles… On the occasion of the festival, they will present to you stagings and models mainly on the theme of the Battle of Normandy.

Free

Information on conferences, screenings and events at +33 233 717 494

Important : for catering, please contact the restaurant directly

Our thanks to the association of reenactors Forty’s Group Reenactment for its participation in the logistics of the event.

Free park

Camping-car access

Pets allowed in the museum

Catering

Disabled toilet