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The Mémorial de Caen is a museum and war memorial in Caen, Normandy, France commemorating World War II and the Battle for Caen. More generally, the museum is dedicated to the history of the twentieth century, mainly focused on the fragility of peace. Its intention is "pay a tribute to the martyred city of the liberation" but also to tell "what ...
The Bayeux Memorial was erected in white stone facing the cemetery. The Latin epitaph along the frieze of the memorial is reference to William the Conqueror and the Invasion of England in 1066: NOS A GULIELMO VICTI VICTORIS PATRIAM LIBERAVIMUS. The translation reads: "We, once conquered by William, have now set free the Conqueror's native land."
The landings at Normandy, the battle and the Second World War are remembered today with many memorials; Caen hosts the Mémorial with a peace museum (Musée de la paix). The museum was built by the city of Caen on top of where the bunker of General Wilhelm Richter, the commander of the 716th Infantry Division, was located.
Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery is the southernmost cemetery in Normandy and contains 703 burials. Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux War Cemetery contains 594 burials and is adjacent to the German cemetery of the same name. Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery contains 1,627 Commonwealth burials, 49 of them unidentified. There are also 555 German burials.
Monroe Dunaway Anderson was born on June 29, 1873, the sixth of eight children born to James W. Anderson and his wife Ellen (née Dunaway) in Jackson, Tennessee.Private J.W. Anderson had enlisted in the Confederate States Army, but had been captured in March 1864 as he returned home to visit his young family in McNairy County (south of Jackson, on the Mississippi border), then was held at Camp ...
Brouay War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located between Caen and Bayeux, Normandy. The cemetery contains 377 graves, of which 7 are unidentified. [ 1 ] The cemetery is adjacent to the commune's graveyard.
The Church of Saint-Sauveur is a Roman Catholic church in the historic center of Caen, France. Prior to 1802, it was known as "Notre-Dame-de-Froide-Rue". Since then, the church has been dedicated to the Holy Saviour (Jesus Christ). The church has been listed as a historical monument since 1889. [1]
The first references to the name of Caen are found in different acts of the dukes of Normandy: Cadon 1021/1025, [7] Cadumus 1025, [8] Cathim 1026/1027. [9] Year 1070 of the Parker manuscript [10] of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle refers to Caen as Kadum, [11] and year 1086 of the Laud manuscript [12] gives the name as Caþum. [13]