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    The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Aubery took place from 7–8 June 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches during the Normandy...
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    Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃ˈ ypɛ̃ˈ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France...
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    Vienne-en-Bessin (French pronunciation: [vjɛn ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃] , literally Vienne in Bessin) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in...
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    Gold Beach (category Battles of World War II involving Germany)
    during the Second World War. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer...
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    Cricqueville-en-Bessin (French pronunciation: [kʁikvil ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃] , literally Cricqueville in Bessin) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy...
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    Commando moved toward the small port at Port-en-Bessin and captured it the following day in the Battle of Port-en-Bessin. Company Sergeant Major Stanley...
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    Graham Hayes (category Recipients of the Military Cross)
    mission near Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes, a small coastal town near Port en Bessin in Normandy. The mission was to collect information about the surrounding...
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    Garland divorced her husband of three years, songwriter David Rose, on grounds of general cruelty. The Battle of Port-en-Bessin ended in Allied victory. Pietro...
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    Bayeux (category Communes of Calvados (department))
    the crossroads of RN 13 and the train route Paris-Caen-Cherbourg. The city is the capital of the Bessin, which extends north-west of Calvados. Bayeux...
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    General Omar Bradley's First US Army in the west captured the deep water port of Cherbourg by D plus 15 (15 days after D-Day), and advanced south to the...
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