Musée Le Blockhaus des Sables d'Olonne

Discover the history of the region from 1939 to the D-Day Landings through illustrated explanatory panels, an educational film and life-size scenes with mannequins all dressed in period costume.

Visit this authentic hospital bunker with its operating theatre in action in August 1944, following a naval and air battle off the port of Les Sables, until the arrival of the French Resistance forces. The 20 rooms of this rare 350 m² hospital bunker, which have remained in their exceptional original condition since 1943, have been carefully refurbished with objects from daily life under the Occupation.