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BAVENT
Calvados
- 10 km north-east of Caen
Trench
warfare for the British Commandos
On 6 June 1944, the Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade could
not imagine, when they set foot on the Norman Beach of Ouistreham,
that they would carry out trench warfare as worthy as World War I.
On 17 August, the Commandos were kept in check since nearly three
weeks in the Bois de Bavent sector. The German lines are sometimes
at range of voice and the combatants fought in the no man' s land.
Finally on 17 August, manoeuvre started again when the Allied High
Commandment launches the Operation Paddle. During the night, the Commandos
moved forward, heavy laden with ammunition; in the morning hours the
French of the n°4 Commando entered destroyed Bavent; the town
had just been left by the Germans who were now beginning their retreat
toward the river Seine.
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1st
Special Service Brigade monument
This monument commemorates the 1st Special Service Brigade action
(commandos n°3, n°4, n°6 Commandos and 45th RMC),
commanded by Lord Lovat on 6 June 1944. This monument was inaugurated
on the Landing 40th Anniversary.
Situation
: in the town center
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Brigadier Mills Roberts stele
In
this grave was buried
ashes of Brigadier Derek Mills Roberts, who commanded
N°6 Commando on 6 June 1944.
Situation
: in the cemetery (low area of the town), on the left
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