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  2. Bayeux war cemetery - Wikipedia

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    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."

  3. Mémorial de Caen - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Battle for Caen - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of military cemeteries in Normandy - Wikipedia

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    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. Secqueville-en-Bessin War Cemetery contains 114 fallen soldiers, the majority from the advance on Caen in ...

  6. Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

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    Allied planners envisaged preceding the sea-borne landings with airborne drops: near Caen on the eastern flank to secure the Orne River bridges, and north of Carentan on the western flank. The initial goal was to capture Carentan, Isigny, Bayeux, and Caen. The Americans, assigned to land at Utah and Omaha, were to cut off the Cotentin Peninsula ...

  7. Category:World War II memorials in France - Wikipedia

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    Bayeux war cemetery; ... Mémorial de Caen; Mémorial de la France combattante; Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation; Le Militarial; Mont-de-Huisnes German war ...

  8. First Bayeux speech - Wikipedia

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    Monument commemorating De Gaulle's visit to Bayeux. Arriving in France on June 14, 1944, De Gaulle delivered went to Bayeux.He was not supposed to have any meetings there but he would be allowed to be seen, [1] but De Gaulle decided to make a speech in the town [2] in which he proclaimed Bayeux the capital of Free France.

  9. Operation Goodwood - Wikipedia

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    The historic Normandy town of Caen was a D-Day objective for the British 3rd Infantry Division, which landed on Sword Beach on 6 June 1944. [7] The capture of Caen, while "ambitious", was called the most important D-Day objective assigned to I Corps (Lieutenant-General John Crocker).

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