Founded on May 22nd 1945 by M. Raymond Triboulet, 1st French Sub-prefect after the Liberation, the Comité du Débarquement is a no-profit-making Association (Law of 1901), and is located at Bayeux.


From the beginning, the Comité du Débarquement's task was to manage the commemorations of the D.Day landings on the Norman beaches, especially by opening out to regional tourism. The Comité du Débarquement became the 1st Association to organize remembrance tourism in Normandy.