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

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

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

4 MAp

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

6 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

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

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

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

10 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

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