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    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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    Stützpunkt II. Mutually supporting Hauptstützpunkten I: Stp. Douvres I and Stützpunkt II: Stp. Douvres II, operated under a single authority and command, having...
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  • half-brother, Richard, Bishop of Bayeux, whom her father sired with Isabel de Douvres. Her paternal grandparents were King Henry I of England and one of his...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Auberville and West of Villers-sur-Mer lie the impressive wild site of the Falaises des Vaches Noires, the cliffs of the black cows. These cliffs are a fossil...
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