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  2. Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Grave markers at the cemetery. The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel.It covers 172.5 acres, and contains the remains of 9,388 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II.

  3. Normandy, Surrey - Wikipedia

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    Normandy is a village and civil parish of 16.37 square kilometres (4,050 acres) in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England. Almost surrounded by its hill ranges, Normandy is in the plain west of Guildford, straddles the A323 'Aldershot Road' and is north of the narrowest part the North Downs known as the Hog's Back which carries a dual carriageway.

  4. List of military cemeteries in Normandy - Wikipedia

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    La Cambe German war cemetery, the largest military cemetery in Normandy with more than 21,000 German soldiers' graves, near the village of La Cambe. Champigny-Saint-André German war cemetery near Saint-André-de-l'Eure. Marigny German war cemetery near La Chapelle-en-Juger contains over 11,000 graves, the majority killed during Operation Cobra ...

  5. Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Normandy is the chief oyster -cultivating, scallop-exporting, and mussel-raising region in France. Normandy is a major cider -producing region (very little wine is produced). Perry is also produced, but in less significant quantities. Apple brandy, of which the most famous variety is calvados, is also popular.

  6. British Normandy Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The British Normandy Memorial is a war memorial near the village of Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. It was unveiled on 6 June 2021, the 77th anniversary of D-Day, and it is dedicated to soldiers who died under British command during the Normandy landings. [a] The memorial records the names of 22,442 people from more than 30 countries under ...

  7. Cotentin Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Cotentin Peninsula (US: / ˌkoʊtɒ̃ˈtæ̃ /, [1] French: [kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; Norman: Cotentîn [kotɑ̃ˈtẽ] ⓘ), also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy that forms part of the northwest coast of France. It extends north-westward into the English Channel, towards Great Britain.

  8. Bocage - Wikipedia

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    Bocage country on the Cotentin Peninsula, Lower Normandy Location of bocage (in the context of Operation Overlord). Bocage is a Norman word that comes from the Old Norman boscage (Anglo-Norman boscage, Old French boschage), from the Old French root bosc ("wood") > Modern French bois ("wood") cf. Medieval Latin boscus (first mentioned in 704 AD). [2]

  9. History of Normandy - Wikipedia

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    History of Normandy. Normandy was a province in the North-West of what later became France under the Ancien Régime which lasted until the later part of the 18th century. Initially populated by Celtic tribes in the West and Belgic tribes in the North East, it was conquered in AD 98 by the Romans and integrated into the province of Gallia ...

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