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2. Liberty Road (France) - Wikipedia

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   Liberty Road (French La voie de la Liberté) is the commemorative way marking the route of the Allied forces from D-Day in June 1944. It starts in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, in the Manche département in Normandy, France, travels across Northern France to Metz and then northwards to end in Bastogne in Belgium, on the border of Luxembourg.

3. Mission Elmira - Wikipedia

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   The first released early and came down near or within German lines, but the second came down on Landing Zone O, except for 5 who followed their briefing orders and landed on LZ W. Even so, virtually all of the personnel of both battalions made their way to the 82nd Airborne positions by morning, and had 15 of their 24 guns in operation by ...

4. Arromanches-les-Bains - Wikipedia

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   Arromanches-les-Bains is 12 km north-east of Bayeux and 10 km west of Courseulles-sur-Mer on the coast where the Normandy landings took place on D-Day, 6 June 1944.Access to the commune is by the D514 road from Tracy-sur-Mer in the west passing through the town and continuing to Saint-Côme-de-Fresné in the east.

5. List of castles in Normandy - Wikipedia

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   Tour des Archives de Vernon: 1123 Ruins Keep survives. Château Gaillard: 1196-8 Ruins Built in 2 years by Richard the Lionheart, early concentric castle of advanced design. Château-sur-Epte: 11th century Ruins Château de Conches-en-Ouche: 11th century Ruins Begun 1034. Château de Gisors: 12-13th century Ruins Château d'Harcourt

6. King Charles and Prince William Lead D-Day Commemorations - AOL

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   King Charles III meets D-Day and Normandy veterans following the UK’s national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Pool - Getty Images. Meanwhile, Princess Anne is in Normandy ...

7. American airborne landings in Normandy - Wikipedia

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   In 1995, following publication of D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, troop carrier historians, including veterans Lew Johnston (314th TCG), Michael Ingrisano Jr. (316th TCG), and former U.S. Marine Corps airlift planner Randolph Hils, attempted to open a dialog with Ambrose to correct errors they cited in D-Day, which ...

8. Pointe du Hoc - Wikipedia

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   La Pointe du Hoc (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t dy ɔk]) is a promontory with a 35-metre (110 ft) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the northwestern coast of Normandy in the Calvados department, France.

9. Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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   The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in