Pegasus Bridge
One of our reasons for visiting Normandy was to see the D-Day sites, a very appropriate time to do so since it was the eightieth anniversary of the landings on June 6, 1944. After a weekend in the Etretat area we drove down and started our tour in Benouville at the Pegasus Bridge, a vital link over the Caen Canal, taken by British airborne troops early on D-Day. Benouville was the first French village liberated on D-Day. We had coffee at the nearby Cafe Gondree and then explored the area. We learned that the present bridge is a replacement and saw the original bridge on the grounds of a nearby museum.
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Taken on Monday August 12, 2024
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Posted on Friday November 15, 2024
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Malik Raoulda said:
Bonne et agréable fin de semaine paisible.
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Jocelyne Villoing said:
Bonne fin de semaine Ron.
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