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LANGRUNE-SUR-MER/SAINT-AUBIN-SUR-MER
Calvados
- 15 km north of Caen
The special tanks opened a breach in the Atlantic Wall
On
6 June 1944, the North Shore Regiment of the 5th Canadian Brigade
landed in Normandy on Juno Beach. They fought against a regiment of
the 716th German Infantry Division. The Company A progression was
easy west of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer while the Company B hit many obstacles.
The support of the Fort Garry Horse amphibious tanks was decisive,
the special tanks neutralized anti-tank walls and blockhouses with
explosive shells. As soon as the German fortifications were vainquished
Lieutenant-Colonel Buell launched his companies inland; at the end
of the day the Canadians cleared Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer of the last German
snipers. At Langrune-sur-Mer hard hand to hand fighting cost fifty
per cent losses to the 48th Royal Marine Commando, but in the evening
of 6 June the Germans were pushed back from the town.
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48th Royal Marine Commando monument
Langrune-sur-Mer
Monument
commemorating the bridgehead established on 6 June 1944 by the
48th Royal Marine commando in Langrune-sur-Mer.
Situation : in the town center, on
the sea front
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48th RMC plaque
Langrune-sur-Mer
Plaque inaugurated in 1984 in memory of the friendship
between the 48th Royal Marines Commando veterans and the
citizens of Langrune-sur-Mer.
Situation
: in the entrance hall of the city hall
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48th Royal Marine Commando plaque
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Plaque inaugurated in 1984 in memory of the friendship between
the 48th Royal Marines Commando veterans and the citizens of
Langrune-sur-Mer.
Situation
: in the entrance hall of the city hall
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German blockhouse
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
On
6 June 1944 this blockhouse fired on Allied troops landing
on the beach.
Situation
: in the town center, on the sea front
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North Shore, Duclos and 48th Royal Marine Commando monument
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Monument
dedicated to the Canadian units who landed on these beaches, and in
particular to the North Shore Regiment and the 48th Royal Marine Commando.
The memory of the civil victims is honoured, and the monument recalls
also the landing of Maurice Duclos, General de Gaulle messenger, on
4 August 1944. A nearby blockhouse is fitted with an anti-tank gun
that fired on the Allied Forces.
Situation : in the town center, on the
sea front
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Fort Garry Horse stele