 Several large cemeteries in the area serve as the final resting place for many of the Allied and German soldiers killed in the Normandy campaign.Above the English channel on a bluff at Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial has hosted numerous visitors each year.The site covers 172.5 acres, and contains the remains of 9,388 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II.