Le monument du Commando

Homenaje

Homenaje a los soldados muertos ubicado en el puerto de Saint-Nazaire, en la zona dónde está el faro.

Operation Chariot

This was a ‘must visit’ site on our way home to England from Bordeaux. The seafront area of St Nazaire seems to be being updated and modernised- as a result the Commando Memorial has been moved. It i...

Be aware monument has moved

Some friends and I were in the place do commando last Sunday, 22st July, and spent some time looking for the obelisk and plaque to the st Nazaire Raid. We checked against Google Maps and TripAdvisor b...

Poignant reminder

A simple memorial, surrounded by faded wreaths, of the brave men who died in the famous and ingenious raid on St Nazaire. If you don’t know about it, look it up - the port where the monument stands wi...

Simple monument for a very important event

This monument, in sight of the dock gate where the raid took place, is a simple granite obelisk marking such an important event. It is simple but effective. A further recent edition is a gun from the...