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Colleville-sur-Mer

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Colleville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandie region in northwestern France. [1]

16 relations: Beachhead, Calvados (department), Colleville, Colleville-Montgomery, Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom, Communes of France, Communes of the Calvados department, Departments of France, France, House of Colville (Colvin), Normandy, Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Normandy landings, Omaha Beach, Regions of France, William the Conqueror.

Beachhead

A beachhead is a temporary line created when a military unit reaches a landing beach by sea and begins to defend the area while other reinforcements help out until a unit large enough to begin advancing has arrived.

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Calvados (department)

Calvados is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Colleville

Colleville may refer to.

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Colleville-Montgomery

Colleville-Montgomery (Colleville-sur-Orne) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom

The Communauté de communes Isigny-Omaha Intercom is a communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure, in the Calvados department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France.

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Communes of France

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Communes of the Calvados department

The following is a list of the 537 communes of the Calvados department of France.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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House of Colville (Colvin)

The House of Colville (Colvin) is an Anglo-Norman family in England.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie,, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.

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Omaha Beach

Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II.

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Regions of France

France is divided into 18 administrative regions (région), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.

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William the Conqueror

William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

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Colleville sur Mer, Colleville-sur-mer.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleville-sur-Mer

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