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The D-Day, Operation Overlord, was the landing of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during World War II. It was the largest amphibious operation ever to take place. The beaches at Normandy are still referred on the maps by their invasion codenames. There are several war cemeteries in the area, the most famous is the American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer on the hills near the “Bloody Omaha” beach. In places of tough fights as Pointe du Hoc, Arromanches and Pegasus Bridge memorials and small museums remember the D-Day events. In Sainte-Mère-Église a dummy paratrooper hangs from the church belltower and wartime planes and guns are displayed in the village's Musée Airborne. Today, every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and younger people, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles, looking for the soul of these days, in a celebration between a army’s ritual and a country fair.

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  • Utah Beach. Mussels farmer.
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  • Colleville-Sur-Mer, Omaha Beach. The Memorial remembers the WWII D-Day of June 6, 1944.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Utah Beach.
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  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, a vintage airplane of WWII flying over the village remembers the D-Day.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, a "English officer", on the back the church of the movie "The longest Day". Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, on the back the church of the movie "The longest Day". Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, on the back the church of the movie "The longest Day". Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, on the back the church of the movie "The longest Day". Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, on the wall of the church is projected the movie "The longest Day" with the same location. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, on the wall of the church is projected the movie "The longest Day" with the same location. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, fireworks near the church, remembering the night before the D-Day when many paratroopers of the US Airborne landed in the village. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, dancing in the main square, remembering the night before the D-Day when many paratroopers of the US Airborne landed in the village. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, on the wall of the church is projected the movie "The longest Day" with the same location. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the church where a parachute with an effigy of US Airborne paratrooper John  Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from the belltower. John Steel, made famous in the movie The Longest Day, was caught in one of the back steeples of the church, leaving him hanging on the backside of the church to witness the carnage.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Airborne Museum built to look like a parachute . A C47 airplane.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Airborne Museum.
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  • Colleville-Sur-Mer, Omaha Beach. The Memorial remembers the WWII D-Day of June 6, 1944.
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  • Colleville-Sur-Mer, Omaha Beach. The Memorial remembers the WWII D-Day of June 6, 1944.
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  • Colleville-Sur-Mer, Omaha Beach. The Memorial remembers the WWII D-Day of June 6, 1944.
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  • Omaha Beach.
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  • Omaha Beach. Every afternoon a town council civil servant hauls down the allied flags.
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  • Omaha Beach. US MEmorial to the falled soldiers of the National Guard.
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  • Omaha Beach. View from the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer.
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  • Omaha Beach. View from the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer.
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  • Omaha Beach.
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  • Omaha Beach. View from the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer.
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  • Colleville-sur-Mer, American Cemetery near Omaha Beach. Every evening the US soldiers working here haul down the US flag.
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  • Colleville-sur-Mer, American Cemetery near Omaha Beach.
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  • Colleville-sur-Mer, American Cemetery near Omaha Beach.
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  • Colleville-sur-Mer, American Cemetery near Omaha Beach.
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  • Colleville-sur-Mer, American Cemetery near Omaha Beach.
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  • Colleville-sur-Mer, American Cemetery near Omaha Beach.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Longues. German artillery bunker between Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin. These are the only  guns still inside a German bunker.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast. Sections of this harbour still survive with  concrete blocks on the beach and out at sea.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast. Sections of this harbour still survive with  concrete blocks on the beach and out at sea.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast. Sections of this harbour still survive with  concrete blocks on the beach and out at sea.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast. Sections of this harbour still survive with  concrete blocks on the beach and out at sea.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast. Sections of this harbour still survive with  concrete blocks on the beach and out at sea.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast.
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  • Arromanches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast.
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  • Arromanches, restaurant with a map of the D-Day beaches. The town lies along the coastline designated as Gold Beach used by British troops during the D-Day landings. Arromanches was the site for a Mulberry Harbour built on the Normandy coast.
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  • Arromanches. Museum of the Mulberry Bridge utilised by the Allied Forces after the D-Day landings.
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  • Arromanches. Museum of the Mulberry Bridge utilised by the Allied Forces after the D-Day landings.
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  • Arromanches. Museum of the Mulberry Bridge utilised by the Allied Forces after the D-Day landings. Explosives kit.
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  • Arromanches. Museum of the Mulberry Bridge utilised by the Allied Forces after the D-Day landings.
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  • Arromanches. Museum of the Mulberry Bridge utilised by the Allied Forces after the D-Day landings. In the back the gen. Montgomey of the British Army.
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  • Arromanches, Normandy's Victory club fans with a WWII British field jacket. Every year, for some days the villages and the roads are full of the last veterans and youngers, many dressed in camouflage jacket, going around with jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles. A celebration between a militare ceremony and a country fair.
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  • Port-en-Bessin, the fishing harbour.
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  • A local museum of the D-Day near Colleville-sur-Mer.
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  • A local museum of the D-Day near Colleville-sur-Mer.
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  • Utah Beach, a Victory Rd with a fallen soldier name.
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  • Utah Beach.
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  • Utah Beach. German bunker.
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  • German bunker.
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  • German bunker.
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  • Utah Beach , museum..
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  • Utah Beach , museum..
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  • Utah Beach. The Allied commander-in-chief general Dwight Eisenhower.
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  • Utah Beach.
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  • Utah Beach ,museum shop.
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  • Utah Beach ,museum shop.
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  • Utah Beach, Memorial of Lt Winters of the Easy Company, made famous in the movie "Band of Brothers".
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  • Quineville, Liberty Museum (Musée de la Liberté Retrouvée), A reproduced village life of the German occuped France.
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  • Pointe du Hoc. View from a German bunker. Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc. View from a German bunker. Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc, a WWII airplane remembers the anniversary of the D-Day. Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc, a WWII airplane remembers the anniversary of the D-Day. Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II. a German bunker. Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Pointe du Hoc, a WWII airplane remembers the anniversary of the D-Day. Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II. a German bunker. Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop on the coast of Normandy. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II.
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridge intact limiting the  German counter-attacks.
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridges intact limiting the  German counter-attacks. French in US Airborne WWII dress near the bridge.
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridges intact limiting the  German counter-attacks. French in US Airborne WWII dress near the bridge.
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridge intact limiting the  German counter-attacks. The historical Café Gondrée, "the first French house liberated by allied forces". Two veterans  of the British commandos that fighted here  the night of June 5th 1944. Fred Walker (right) and Roy Cadman (left).
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridge intact limiting the  German counter-attacks. The historical Café Gondrée, "the first French house liberated by allied forces". The owner Mme Arlette Gondrée this night was 4 years old only.
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridge intact limiting the  German counter-attacks. The historical Café Gondrée, "the first French house liberated by allied forces".
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridge intact limiting the  German counter-attacks. The historical Café Gondrée, "the first French house liberated by allied forces".
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  • Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. A unit of the British Airborne taked the bridge intact limiting the  German counter-attacks. The original bridge on the ground of the Pegasus Museum.
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  • Ouistreham, the lighthouse of the harbour was the eastern point of the D-Day beaches
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  • Ouistreham was the eastern point of the D-Day beaches. Traditional holiday house.
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  • Ouistreham was the eastern point of the D-Day beaches. Traditional holiday house.
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