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Arromanches-les-Bains

Index Arromanches-les-Bains

Arromanches-les-Bains (or, simply Arromanches) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandie region of northwestern France. [1]

106 relations: Al Murray's Road to Berlin, Alexander Stanier, Allan Beckett, Amphibious warfare, Anthony Gross, Armorial of the Communes of Calvados, Arromanches Camp, Arrondissement of Bayeux, Asnelles, Austin K2/Y, Baie de la Seine, Battle for Caen, Battle of Port-en-Bessin, Bayeux Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Bazenville, BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun, Brian Johnston, British logistics in the Normandy Campaign, Calvados (department), Canton of Courseulles-sur-Mer, Canton of Ryes, Chemins de Fer du Calvados, Communes of the Calvados department, Dongo, Lombardy, Elliott Brothers (builders merchant), Empire ship, Flypast, Free French Naval Forces, French aircraft carrier Arromanches (R95), French ship Forbin, Friends' Ambulance Unit, Fyffe Christie, George Formby, Gold Beach, Håkon Nilsen, HMS Britomart (J22), HMS Centurion, HMS Dragon (D46), HMS Fury (H76), HMS Jason (J99), HMS Misoa (F117), HMS Sainfoin (F183), HMS Scott (J79), HMS Trollope (K575), Holloway Brothers (London), Iain Macleod, Ian Fraser (surgeon), Invasion of Normandy, Jim Radford, John Desmond Bernal, ..., John Holmes Jellett, Kampfgeschwader 54, La Joie de vivre, Les-bains, Liberation Route Europe, List of Allied convoy codes during World War II, List of Allied convoys during World War II by region, List of Empire ships (F), List of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush, List of international trips made by the President of the United States, List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State, List of museums in France, List of official overseas trips made by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, List of shipwrecks in 1823, List of shipwrecks in July 1944, List of shipwrecks in June 1944, List of twin towns and sister cities in England, Mistel, Mulberry harbour, No. 85 Group RAF, Normandy, Normandy landings, Operation Overlord, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Peter Cazalet (racehorse trainer), Ray Daniels, Red Ball Express, Rhino tank, Robin Hood Battalion, Royal Engineers, Scuttling, Skule Storheill, SS Empire Brutus, SS Jolee, SS Kentuckian, SS Victoria (1907), Tracy-sur-Mer, U.S. Army ST-488, United States presidential visits to Western Europe, USS Kewaydin (AT-24), USS LST-21, Ver-sur-Mer, Walter Smith (land surveyor), 113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 120th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, 1st Durham Rifle Volunteers, 231st Brigade (United Kingdom), 31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, 356th Moonlight Battery, Royal Artillery, 4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, 69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom), 93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Expand index (56 more) »

Al Murray's Road to Berlin

Al Murray's Road to Berlin is a British documentary television series about World War II, presented by Al Murray.

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Alexander Stanier

Brigadier Sir Alexander Beville Gibbons Stanier, 2nd Baronet of Peplow Hall DSO & Bar, MC (31 January 1899 – 10 January 1995) was a British Army officer who fought in World War I and World War II, particularly distinguished for his actions at Boulogne in 1940, on D-Day in 1944, and in the Rhineland in 1944.

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Allan Beckett

Allan Harry Beckett MBE (b. 4 March 1914, East Ham, London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom, d. 19 June 2005, Farnborough, London) was a civil engineer whose design for the 'Whale' floating roadway was crucial to the success of the Mulberry harbour that was used in the Normandy Landings.

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Amphibious warfare

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach.

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Anthony Gross

Anthony Gross CBE, RA (1905–1984), was a British printmaker, painter, war artist and film director of Hungarian-Jewish, Italian, and Anglo-Irish descent.

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Armorial of the Communes of Calvados

This page lists the armoury (emblazons.

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Arromanches Camp

Arromanches Camp is a military installation operated by the Royal Marines at Instow in North Devon located south west of Barnstaple, Devon, and north east of Bideford, Devon, England.

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Arrondissement of Bayeux

The Arrondissement of Bayeux an arrondissement of France in the Calvados department in the Normandy region.

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Asnelles

Asnelles is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.

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Austin K2/Y

The Austin K2/Y is a British heavy military ambulance that was used by all Commonwealth services during the Second World War.

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Baie de la Seine

The Baie de la Seine or Baie de Seine (Bay of the Seine River) is a bay in northern France.

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Battle for Caen

The Battle for Caen (June to August 1944) is the name for the fighting between the British Second Army and German Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and vicinity, during the Battle of Normandy.

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Battle of Port-en-Bessin

The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Aubery took place from 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches during the Normandy landings of World War II.

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Bayeux Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

The Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Bayeux, Normandy.

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Bazenville

Bazenville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

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BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun

The BL 5.5 inch Gun was a British artillery gun introduced during the middle of the Second World War to equip medium batteries.

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Brian Johnston

Brian Alexander Johnston CBE, MC (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter.

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British logistics in the Normandy Campaign

British logistics in the Normandy Campaign played a key role in the success of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France in June 1944.

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Calvados (department)

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

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Canton of Courseulles-sur-Mer

The canton of Courseulles-sur-Mer is an administrative division of the Calvados department, northwestern France.

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Canton of Ryes

The canton of Ryes is a former canton of the Calvados département in northwestern France.

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Chemins de Fer du Calvados

| The Chemins de Fer du Calvados was a narrow gauge railway in the département of Calvados.

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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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Dongo, Lombardy

Dongo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy.

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Elliott Brothers (builders merchant)

Elliott Brothers is a builders' merchant based in Southampton, United Kingdom.

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Empire ship

An Empire ship was one a group of merchant ships given names beginning "Empire" in the service of the British Government during and after the Second World War.

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Flypast

A flypast is a ceremonial or honorific flight by a group of aircraft or a single aircraft.

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Free French Naval Forces

Les Forces Navales Françaises Libres ("Free French Naval Forces") were the naval arm of the Free French Forces during the Second World War.

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French aircraft carrier Arromanches (R95)

Arromanches (R95) was an aircraft carrier of the French Navy, which served from 1946 to 1974.

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French ship Forbin

Six ships of the French Navy have been named Forbin in honour of the 17th century admiral Claude Forbin-Gardanne.

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Friends' Ambulance Unit

The Friends' Ambulance Unit (FAU) was a volunteer ambulance service, founded by individual members of the British Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), in line with their Peace Testimony.

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Fyffe Christie

Fyffe William George Christie (2 February 1918, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, – 6 March 1979) British figurative artist and mural painter.

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George Formby

George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961), was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Gold Beach

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

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Håkon Nilsen

Håkon Nilsen (16 April 1913 – 30 January 1976), Stavanger, Norway, popularly known as "Torpedo Nilsen", was a Norwegian war veteran and highly decorated allied naval torpedo commander of World War II.

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HMS Britomart (J22)

HMS Britomart was a of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Centurion

Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome.

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HMS Dragon (D46)

HMS Dragon, also known in Polish service as ORP Dragon (dragoon), was a D- or ''Danae''-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy.

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HMS Fury (H76)

HMS Fury was an F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s.

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HMS Jason (J99)

HMS Jason was a. She was named after the hero in Greek mythology and was the sixteenth (and, the final) Royal Navy ship to carry the name Jason.

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HMS Misoa (F117)

HMS Misoa (F117) was a Maracaibo-class LST Mk.I tank landing ship of the British Royal Navy during World War II.

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HMS Sainfoin (F183)

HMS Sainfoin was a Landing Ship, Infantry of the Royal Navy that was built in 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California, United States as the merchant vessel Cape Washington.

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HMS Scott (J79)

HMS Scott (J79) was a (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloop") of the British Royal Navy completed as an unarmed survey ship with an enlarged bridge and a large chart room abaft the extended forecastle deck.

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HMS Trollope (K575)

HMS Trollope (K575) was a British ''Captain'' class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II.

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Holloway Brothers (London)

Holloway Brothers (London) Ltd was a leading English construction company specialising in building and heavy civil engineering work based in London.

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Iain Macleod

Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.

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Ian Fraser (surgeon)

Sir Ian Fraser FRSE PRCSI PBMA DSO OBE LLD (1901–1999) was an eminent Irish surgeon.

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Invasion of Normandy

The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944.

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Jim Radford

Jim Radford is a British folk singer and songwriter, peace campaigner and political and community activist.

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John Desmond Bernal

John Desmond Bernal (10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology.

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John Holmes Jellett

John Holmes Jellett Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), DSc, MA (20 April 1905 – 17 June 1971) was a British civil engineer.

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Kampfgeschwader 54

Kampfgeschwader 54 "Totenkopf"() (KG 54) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II.

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La Joie de vivre

La joie de vivre is the twelfth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola.

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Les-bains

Les-bains or Les bains (French: "the baths"), usually indicating the presence of a spa, may refer to:;Places.

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Liberation Route Europe

Liberation Route Europe is an international remembrance trail that connects the main regions along the advance of the Western Allied Forces during the liberation of Europe and final stage of the Second World War.

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List of Allied convoy codes during World War II

This is a list of convoy codes used by the Allies during World War II There were over 300 convoy routes organized, in all areas of the world; each was designated by a two- or three letter code.

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List of Allied convoys during World War II by region

This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region.

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List of Empire ships (F)

The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government.

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List of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush

This is a list of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.

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List of international trips made by the President of the United States

International trips made by the President of the United States have become a valuable part of U.S. diplomacy and international relations since such trips were first made in the early 20th century.

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List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State

This is a list of international visits undertaken by the United States Secretary of State.

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List of museums in France

List of museums in France by location.

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List of official overseas trips made by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

This is a list of official overseas visits and Commonwealth tours made by the Duke of Cambridge.

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List of shipwrecks in 1823

The list of shipwrecks in 1823 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1823.

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List of shipwrecks in July 1944

The list of shipwrecks in July 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1944.

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List of shipwrecks in June 1944

The list of shipwrecks in June 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1944.

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List of twin towns and sister cities in England

This is a list of twin towns and sister cities in England.

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Mistel

Mistel (German for "mistletoe"), was the larger, unmanned component of a composite aircraft configuration developed in Germany during the later stages of World War II.

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Mulberry harbour

Mulberry harbours were temporary portable harbours developed by the United Kingdom during the Second World War to facilitate the rapid offloading of cargo onto beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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No. 85 Group RAF

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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 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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Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

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Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.

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Peter Cazalet (racehorse trainer)

Peter Victor Ferdinand Cazalet DL (15 January 1907 – 29 May 1973) was a British cricketer, jockey, racehorse owner and trainer from Shipbourne, Kent.

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Ray Daniels

Lieutenant-Colonel Ray Daniels MC (15 July 1923 – 27 April 2003) was awarded the Military Cross for his ‘exemplary actions during fierce fighting’ at the Battle of Cloppenburg in 1945, played rugby for Wasps RFC after World War II and later became Chief Executive of the William Press Group that he led to become a FTSE 100 company in the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Red Ball Express

The Red Ball Express was a famed truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces moving quickly through Europe after breaking out from the D-Day beaches in Normandy in 1944.

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Rhino tank

"Rhino tank" (initially called "Rhinoceros") was the American nickname for Allied tanks fitted with "tusks", or hedgerow cutting devices, during World War II.

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Robin Hood Battalion

The Robin Hood Battalion was a unit of the Volunteer Force of the British Army and Territorial Force, later the Territorial Army.

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Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.

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Scuttling

Scuttling is the deliberate sinking of a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull.

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Skule Storheill

Skule Valentin Storheill (17 August 1907–25 November 1992) was a Norwegian naval officer who reached prominence in World War II while serving aboard Norwegian warships within the Royal Navy, and received Norway's highest military decoration, the War Cross with Sword.

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SS Empire Brutus

Empire Brutus was a cargo ship which was built in 1941 by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

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SS Jolee

Jolee was a Design 1022 cargo ship that was built in 1920 by American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). Launched as Cardington, She was completed as Jolee. She was sold in 1933 to Lykes Brothers - Ripley Steamship Co Inc. She was purchased by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) in 1941 and renamed Empire Flamingo. She served until June 1944 when she was sunk as a blockship at Juno Beach.

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SS Kentuckian

SS Kentuckian was a cargo ship built in 1910 for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.

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SS Victoria (1907)

SS (RMS) Victoria was a packet steamer originally owned and operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company, who sold her to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 for the sum of £25,000 (equivalent to £1,477,249 as of 2018).

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Tracy-sur-Mer

Tracy-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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U.S. Army ST-488

U.S. Army ST-488 is an harbor tugboat, design 327-A, of the numerical series 885-490 built by J.K. Welding & Co shipyards in Brooklyn, New York in 1944.

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United States presidential visits to Western Europe

Thirteen United States presidents have made presidential visits to Western Europe.

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USS Kewaydin (AT-24)

USS Kewaydin (AT-24) was an laid down for the U.S. Navy in the closing days of World War I and continued in operation throughout World War II.

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USS LST-21

USS LST-21 was a United States Navy used primarily in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater during World War II, but also transported British forces from Calcutta and landed them at Regu Beach, Burma.

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Ver-sur-Mer

Ver-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.

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Walter Smith (land surveyor)

Walter Purvis Smith CB OBE (born March 1920) is an English land surveyor who is notable for being the first civilian Director General of the Ordnance Survey, from 1977 to 1985.

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113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

The 113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (113th HAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery during World War II.

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120th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

The 120th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (120th LAA Rgt), was an air defence unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery during World War II.

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181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

The 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ('The Shropshire Gunners') was a unit of the Royal Artillery, raised by the British Army during World War II.

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1st Belgian Infantry Brigade

The 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, also known as the "Piron Brigade" (Brigade Piron) after its commander Jean-Baptiste Piron, was a Belgian and Luxembourgish military unit in the Free Belgian forces during World War II.

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1st Durham Rifle Volunteers

The 1st Durham Rifle Volunteers, later the 5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (5th DLI), was a part-time unit of the British Army from 1860 to the 1950s.

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231st Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 231st Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both World War I and World War II.

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31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade

The 31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (31 AA Bde) was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army from 1936 until 1948.

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356th Moonlight Battery, Royal Artillery

The 356th Moonlight Battery, Royal Artillery was a searchlight unit of the British Army that provided artificial illumination, or 'Monty's Moonlight', for night operations by 21st Army Group during the campaign in North West Europe in 1944–45.

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4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

The 4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (4th Queen's) was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 to 1961.

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50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

The 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw distinguished service in the Second World War.

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69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 69th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army in World War II.

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76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (76th AA Bde) was an air defence formation of the British Army during World War II.

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93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

The 93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (93rd LAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery (RA) during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arromanches-les-Bains

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