La Meauffe (French pronunciation: [la mof]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. The 11 and 12 July 1944, the village...
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Condé-sur-Vire, Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire, Saint-Lô, Rampan, Pont-Hébert, La Meauffe, Cavigny The generally brownish waters of the Vire are moderately alkaline...
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Hollow way on the side of La Meauffe, witness of the battle of the hedges in 1944)...
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Saint-Lô (section Château de la Vaucelle)
Joseph. La percée américaine à l'ouest de Saint-Lô, La Chapelle-Enjuger dans la bataille [The American breakthrough to the west of Saint-Lô, La Chapelle-Enjuger...
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Peninsula known locally as le Plain (as opposed to the standard French term la plaine). The Plain is bounded on the west by the Merderet River and by the...
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Mont-Saint-Michel (French pronunciation: [lə mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Norman: Mont Saint Miché; English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a tidal island and mainland commune...
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La Hague (French pronunciation: [la ag]) is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January...
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retrieved 14 September 2007 Michel Moulin, Mémoires de Michelot Moulin sur la Chouannerie normande, A. Picard, 1893, pp.88–89 George Bernage, Objectif Saint-Lô :...
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Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ va la uɡ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It is particularly...
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of the former communes of Cherbourg-Octeville, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, La Glacerie, Querqueville and Tourlaville. The seat of the commune is in Cherbourg...
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