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Portsmouth D-Day Museum
Portsmouth's D-Day Museum is Britain's only museum dedicated solety to covering all aspects of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. |
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Mémorial de la Paix retrouvée
Quinéville faisait partie des objectifs US du Débarquement du 6 Juin. Nous sommes, à Quinéville, à l'extrêmité droite des opérations américaines d'Overlord. Le Mémorial de la Liberté retrouvée vous permettra de mieux comprendre en quoi Quinéville était un objectif stratégique. |
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Musée de l'occupation
Sur la place de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, l'hospice Monverand a abrité pendant quatre ans le bureau de la garnison allemande. Le 6 juin 1944 et jusqu'au 1er novembre, les troupes américaines en firent leur quartier général pour le secteur de Utah Beach. |
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Batterie de Merville
A siren will announce the commencement of a show (sounds, lights, odours) recreating vividly what took place here on the night of 5th/6th June 1944: - intense bombing (109 Lancaster bombers at 0030 hours dropping more than 1,000 bombs) of the Battery. - the German gunners firing their howitzers on the canal locks at Ouistreham. - the assault of the 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment and the neutralisation of the Battery. |
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Wing of Liberation Museum
Commemorating the liberation of Best The liberation of Best on 24 October 1944 is commemorated annually near the Scottish monument, located in the Koetshuistuin in the centre of the city. The monument was erected in 1994 to commemorate that Best was liberated by the 15th Scottish Division. |
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