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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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11 comments

Malik Raoulda said:

Impeccable et excellemment partagée.
Bonne et agréable fin de semaine paisible.
8 days ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Impressive bridge; well taken Ron.
8 days ago ( translate )

DOMCHO said:

Super angle de prise ! Merci pour la collaboration au devoir de mémoire dans ce monde qui oublie
8 days ago ( translate )

Jean-louis Thiaudier… said:

Belle prise et oui en effet il ne faut pas oublier .....
8 days ago ( translate )

Jocelyne Villoing said:

Tous ces endroits marqués au fer rouge et pourtant il faut bien tourner la page sans jamais oublier !
Bonne fin de semaine Ron.
8 days ago ( translate )

Josiane Dirickx said:

Un endroit a visiter... belle prise de vue
7 days ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Impressive pair! Have a great weekend!
7 days ago ( translate )

tiabunna said:

Great images of this very historic area, Ron. it's hard to imagine the first gliders landing in the dark in the very early hours of the morning, but much of the success of the Normandy operations relied on the Paras and their denial of access across the bridges
7 days ago

Amelia said:

Another very important bridge in the history of WW2. Hard fought.
6 days ago

Esther said:

A very interesting drawbrige.
6 days ago ( translate )

Nicolas Mertens said:

Incredible piece of engineering!
2 days ago ( translate )