northwestern France. The name was simply Douvres until 1961, when it was expanded to refer to the basilica Notre-Dame de la Délivrande ("Our Lady of Deliverance")...
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from Falaise, reputedly a tanner's daughter. The Château de Falaise (12th–13th century), which overlooks the town from a high crag (French: falaise), was...
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from Mont-de-Marsan. The Douvres site was large, covering about 20 acres (8.1 ha) in two parts, a main site (Hauptstützpunkt I Stp. Douvres I ) and to...
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Villy-lez-Falaise (French pronunciation: [viji lɛ falɛz] , literally Villy near Falaise) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region...
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"MICHELIN Saint-Martin-de-Mieux map - ViaMichelin". www.viamichelin.co.uk. "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vigor". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. FALAISE, Solène (20 July...
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Operation Totalize (redirect from Falaise Road)
and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil 3 mi (4.8 km) behind the German forward positions, to halt any breakthrough by tanks along the Caen–Falaise road. The front...
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Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də fɔ̃tnɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department, region of Normandy, northwestern France...
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Liberation of Paris (redirect from Libération de Paris)
led by Henri Rol-Tanguy, staged an uprising in Paris. The Battle of the Falaise Pocket (12–21 August), the final phase of Operation Overlord, was still...
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Arrondissement of Caen (redirect from Arrondissement de Caen)
Caen-8 Caen-9 Caen-10 Caen-Hérouville (Caen-6) Creully Douvres-la-Délivrande Évrecy Falaise-Nord Falaise-Sud Hérouville-Saint-Clair (Caen-5) Morteaux-Couliboeuf...
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on 7 August left 50,000 soldiers of the German 7th Army trapped in the Falaise pocket by 19 August. The Allies launched a second invasion from the Mediterranean...
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