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LA
CAMBE/LES VIGNETS/CARDONVILLE
Calvados
- 5 and 10 km east of Isigny-sur-Mer
The Indian Head Division slammed ashore in Normandy
In
the evening of 6 June 1944, the Allied Forces objective was to establish
an unbroken frontline from Isigny-sur-Mer to Cabourg, through Bayeux
and Caen. In the afternoon of 7 June, the 2nd American Infantry Division
Indian Head landed with the second assault wave on Omaha
Beach, at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. On 8 June, at 5:30 am, tanks of the
747th Tank Battalion were kept in check in front of La Cambe. Several
German anti-tank guns of the 352nd Infantry Division were ambushed
in the town. With reinforcement of the 175th Regimental Combat Team
infantry, the Americans seized the town around 9 am. The 29th Infantry
Division began to cross the marshes of the Aure, toward the south.
The 116th Regiment was put at rest in Cardonville area. On 10 June,
the engineer troops carried on the building of two airfields, the
first one - A2 - at La Cambe, and the second - A3 - at Cardonville.
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German cemetery
La Cambe
La Cambe
cemetery is the largest German military cemetery in Normandy.
21 400 German soldiers are buried there. In the middle, a six
height meters hill, surmounted by a granite cross, is the common
grave of 296 combatants.
Situation : at the edge of the N13
road (follow the road-sign)
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Airfield A2 stele
La Cambe (Les Vignets)
Stele
remembering that airfield A2 was located in this place. It has
been built by the 820th American Engineer Battalion of the 9th
US Air Force. The 367th Fighter Group was based there during
August 1944.
Situation : at the edge of the D113
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Airfield A3 stele
Cardonville
Stele
remembering that airfield A3 was built there by the 816th Engineer
Battalion of the 9th US Air Force. The 368th Fighter Group was
the first Squadron to take off from an allied airfield on 18
June 1944.
Situation : at the crossroads of D199 and D199A
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