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An impressive 1,475 statues have filled the landscape beside a D-Day memorial overlooking France's Golden Beach in honour of each of the servicemen who fell during the historic mission.
The Standing with Giants silhouettes are part of the For Your Tomorrow installation at the British Normandy Memorial, in Ver-Sur-Mer, France.
In a stunning nod to the servicemen who fell on D-Day itself, almost 80 years ago, the fields within the British Normandy Memorial campus have been filled with two-metre-tall statues of soldiers - representing the three military services.
Alongside the 1,475 silhouettes, the project will also install bespoke 'giants' to represent the only two women on the Memorial, nurses Sisters Evershed and Field.
The two heroic women died while saving 75 men from a sinking hospital ship.
The Standing with Giants silhouettes are part of the For Your Tomorrow installation at the British Normandy Memorial, in Ver-Sur-Mer, France
The staggering number of silhouettes represents the number of fatalities under British command on June 6, 1944
Statues of some 50 French resistance fighters are also set to be placed around the French Memorial.
Images of the project, which launched this Spring and open next Summer, show lush green fields dotted with figures that cast long shadows across the grass as the sun sets in the distance.
The sombre mood captures the deep emotion and tragedy behind the project as statues of men in helmets and guns strapped to their backs stand proudly on the French landscape.
The staggering number of silhouettes represents the number of fatalities under British command on June 6, 1944.
According to the British Normandy Memorial website, the instillation will be available to visit throughout Summer next year.
Standing with Giants is a community project, set up in 2019 by Oxfordshire community artist, Dan Barton, and a group of local volunteers.
They create large scale art instillations using recycled building materials, and provide meaningful spaces for people to visit, reflect, and remember.
Since February, families and organisation groups have been invited to take part in preparing the 1,475 statues om an Oxfordshire workshop ahead of the instillation in Normandy, due to take place this month.
According to the British Normandy Memorial website, the instillation will be available to visit throughout Summer next year
The British Normandy Memorial records the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day
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