AMFREVILLE/LE HAUGER Calvados - 10 km north-east of Caen The first Allied soldiers landed in France During the night of 6 June 1944, the mission of the 6th British Airborne division was to ensure the left flank of the landing area Sword Beach in Normandy. Neutralizing a battery, destroying or seizing several bridges, the objectives were numerous. In awkward conditions the parachutists launched out into assault. At dawn, all the targets were nearly reached, but positions were still precarious; one of the missions of the 1st Special Brigade commanded by Lord Lovat was to reinforce the 6th Airborne. In the beginning of the afternoon the n° 3 Commando crossed Pegasus Bridge and bivouaced in Amfreville foreseeing a German counter-attack. Around 8:00 p. m. the n°4 Commando, including the French under Commander Kieffer, settled around Le Hauger.
N°6 Commando stele Amfreville This stele is dedicated to N° 6 Commando soldiers, who were killed during D-day and in July 1944. Situation : in the town center, on the church place
Commandos plaque Amfreville  Plaque commemorating this farm as a base of operation of the Commandos of the First Special Service Brigade in the first days of the Landing. Situation : in the town center, on the church place, facing the N°6 Commando stele
N°3 Commando stele Amfreville (Le Plein) Stele dedicated to the soldiers of the N° 3 Commando who liberated Amfreville on 6 June 1944. Situation : in the town center, on the church place						First Special Service brigade monument Amfreville Stele dedicated to the First Special Service Brigade soldiers, who died in Normandy from June to July 1944. Situation : in the town center, on the church place
4th Brigade stele Le Hauger Stele dedicated to the 4th Brigade soldiers, who fight in this area from June to August 1944. Situation : on the D37B road, to the right before entering in Salenelles
						N°4 commando stele Le Hauger Stele dedicated to N°4 Commando who fought in the area on 6 june 1944. On the stele one may read a quotation of Montrose : " Hengither fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small, who dare not put it to the touch, to win or loose it all " Situation : on the D37 B road toward Salenelles, at the exit of Amfreville on the left, in Le Hauger locality (or Le Hoger) colonel Dawson place (near colonel Dawson stele)
Colonel Dawson stele Le Hauger Stele to the memory of Colonel Robert Dawson, chief of N°4 Commando on 6 june 1944. Situation : on the D37 B road toward Salenelles, at the exit of Amfreville on the left, in Le Hauger locality (or Le Hoger) colonel Dawson place (near N°4 Commando stele)
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