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  2. 6th Beach Group - Wikipedia

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    The No. 6 Beach Group was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War. It was responsible for organising the units landing on Sword in the Normandy landings on D-Day , 6 June 1944. The Beach Group was tasked with establishing dumps of equipment and supplies including ammunition, petrol and vehicles.

  3. Looking back at the beaches of Normandy on D-Day: June ... - AOL

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    On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...

  4. Asnelles - Wikipedia

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    Asnelles is a beach resort located on the Côte de Nacre. It has a beautiful sandy beach which is adjacent to the Arromanches beach. It also has a land sailing club. Asnelle is located on the Circuit of the landing beaches in Normandy. The commune has created a hiking trail called La Sente au Bâtard in honour of William the Conqueror.

  5. Operation Pluto - Wikipedia

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    Operation Pluto (Pipeline Under the Ocean or Pipeline Underwater Transportation of Oil, also written Operation PLUTO) was an operation by British engineers, oil companies and the British Armed Forces to build oil pipelines under the English Channel to support Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy during the Second World War.

  6. 80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted ... - AOL

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    American and Allied forces prepare for landing on Normandy beaches in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. ... The first of 15,500 paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st U.S. Airborne are dropped near ...

  7. Juno Beach Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Juno Beach Centre (French: Centre Juno Beach) is a museum located in Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Calvados region of Normandy, France. It is situated immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno , the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6 June 1944.

  8. Carentan - Wikipedia

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    Carentan is close to the sites of the medieval Battle of Formigny of the Hundred Years' War.The town is also likely the site of the historical references to the ancient Gallic port of Crociatonum [3] (documented by Roman sources), a possession of the Unelli (or Veneli or also Venelli) tribe (Greek: Οὐένελοι) situated on the river Douve slightly inland from the beaches at Normandy.

  9. Juno Beach - Wikipedia

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    Juno and or Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War. The beach spanned from Courseulles , a village just east of the British beach Gold , to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer , and just west of the British beach Sword .

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