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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher in Paris

D-day tribute or theme park? Battle rages over Normandy plan

American troops in a landing craft approaching Utah beach on D-day, 1944
American troops in a landing craft approaching Utah beach on D-day, 1944. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A row has erupted in France over plans for a new D-day attraction near the landing beaches, which critics have likened to a Disney-style theme park.

The multimillion-euro project to retell the story of le débarquement of 6 June 1944 and the subsequent Battle of Normandy in a hi-tech 45-minute “immersive show” has sparked a furious war of words, with opponents describing it as disrespectful to those who died and their families.

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