Sword beach Ouistreham, Hermanville-sur-mer, the hillman fortress.

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Sword beach Ouistreham, Hermanville-sur-mer, the hillman fortress

Summary Sword Beach Map Pegasus Bridge Ouistreham Philippe Kieffer and the No.4 Commando Hermanville-sur-mer Colleville-Montgomery The Hillman Fortress

Sword beach one of the main landing areas 8km From ouistreham to aubin-sur-mer Easternmost landing site

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Pegasus Bridge Operation Deadstick Operation Tonga Euston 1 One of tops-facts of the landing of Normandy

Ouistreham 1942:no-man’s-land 80 works in concretes An observation post of artillery Philippe Kieffer 6 June 1944 No. 4 Commando Pegasus Bridge No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando

Philippe Kieffer 24 October 1899 – 20 November 1962 lieutenant Two troops British Army commando unit Early in the Second World War

Hermanville-sur-mer Operation Overlord Queen Beach South Lancashire Regiment landed on Queen White East Yorkshire Regiment landed on Queen Red

colleville-montgomery Colleville-sur-orne Philippe Kieffer marshal montgomery 1946: Colleville-sur-orne became colleville-montgomery colleville-montgomery

The hillman fortress two officers and five men killed 24 wounded German bunker complex and command post Near Colleville-Montgomery British Suffolk Regiment(8th Infantry Brigade of the British 3rd Infantry Division) Difficult to take Sherman Fireflies morning of 7 June two officers and five men killed 24 wounded