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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QVU_first-house-liberated-in-france_Benouville-Basse-Normandie.html
This was the first house in France to be liberated during the last hour of 5th June 1944 by men of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the British 6th Airborne Division under the command of Major R. John Howard. 1ere maison de F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QPA_pegasus-bridge-site_Benouville-Basse-Normandie.html
In the first minutes of 6 June 1944, glider-borne troops of the 5th Airborne division captured the bridge which was on this site over the Caen Canal. It was one of the first objectives of the Allied landings in Normandy. It was renamed Pegasus Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QDJ_major-r-j-howard_Benouville-Basse-Normandie.html
C'est ici meme que le 6 juin 1944 a 0 heure 16 a atterri le planeur Horsa de commandant R.J. Howard, de l'Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire light infantry, commandant l'operation destinee a assurer le prise du pont. Se trouvaient a bord avec lui les…
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