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BAZENVILLE
Calvados
- 9 km east from Bayeux
A
Norman hamlet got back to freedom
On 6 June 1944, the 50th British Infantry Division landed in Normandy
on Gold Beach. The 69th Brigade captured the batteries of Mont Fleury
and Mare Fontaine, the German gunners opposed weak resistance, they
were crushed under the shelling. The British passed Creully and moved
on to Bayeux. At 4:00 pm, a German counter-attack of around ten assault
guns and infantry were pulled back by the British, between Villiers-le-Sec
and Bazenville. The Germans withdraw to Ducy-Sainte-Marguerite and
gave up Bazenville. In the evening of 6 June, the bridgehead stretched
from Arromanches to Langrune-sur-Mer. But Gold Beach and Juno Beach
were still cut of Sword Beach by the stubborn resistance of Douvres-la-Délivrande
strongpoint.
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British Cemetery :
979 graves
In
this cemetery are buried the soldiers killed in the first days
of the Landing; 979 combattants, including 630 British, 21 Canadians,
1 Australian, 1 Pole and 326 Germans. A pergola covered with
odoriferous plants blooms the place in Spring.
Situation
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B2
aerodrome monument
- Plaque
Pierre Clostermann - Plaque 83rd Group Control Centre
