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2. Utah Beach - Wikipedia

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   Utah, commonly known as Utah Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), during World War II. The westernmost of the five code-named landing beaches in Normandy, Utah is on the Cotentin Peninsula, west of the mouths of the Douve and Vire ...

3. Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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   Utah Beach was in the area defended ... Infrastructure for transport in France was severely disrupted ... A museum about the Utah landings is located at ...

4. La Madeleine, Manche - Wikipedia

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   La Madeleine is a hamlet of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont village in North-western France which was one anchor point of the Utah Beach landings [1] on the D-Day invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europa, 6 June 1944. Geographically, the village was the edge of the allied right flank along the left bank of the river Douve estuary.

5. 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. ... Infantry continues to land at Omaha and Utah beaches. Navigating deadly Omaha Beach.

6. Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche - Wikipedia

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   The church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption The castle of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, registered as an historic building [13] Sherman tank facing Utah Beach Utah Beach. Utah Beach Landing Museum : A museum which traces the military exploit of the Normandy landings and more specifically that of Utah Beach. Created in 1962, it is located adjacent to the ...

7. Cotentin Peninsula - Wikipedia

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   Tourism is also an important economic activity in this region. Many tourists visit the D-Day invasion beaches, including Utah Beach in the Cotentin. At Sainte-Mère-Église a few miles away from the beach, there is a museum commemorating the action of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions.

8. Liberty Road (France) - Wikipedia

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   Borne number one, on the sands of Utah Beach. Borne of the Liberty Road in Clervaux. These are the towns, villages and notable places along the route: Utah Beach; Sainte-Mère-Eglise liberated by the U.S. paratroopers on 6 June 1944. [1] Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche is the town where the first German blockhouse was taken.

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