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D-DAY LANDING BEACHES |
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Over 21000 graves , the
largest German cemetery in Normandy which at first used
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225 Rangers under the leadership of Colonel Rudder, they fought for 2 days & only 90 of them came out alive... | |||||||
| German cemetery | la Pointe du Hoc | |||||||||
3 miles long
"Bloody Omaha "looks so peaceful today.... |
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Recently renovated these 4 German gun batteries built in 1942 as part of the Atlantic Wall defenses. They are the only ones in the area with guns still inside almost intact in Longues sur Mer! |
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| Peaceful Omaha beach today | Longues sur Mer | |||||||||
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Many bunkers,
pillboxes, tobrooks sometimes in very poor condition
still line up the coast...
Gold Sector - Arromanches with "Mulberry" remains (artificial port) View from the sea.... |
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