In order to protect the area of Utah Beach, the staff headquarters decided to drop paratroopers in the night of the 6^th of June…




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Why did Sainte-Mère-Eglise become such a famous village?




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From monuments to museums, you are invited to follow the way of Liberty, which will make you discover German Occupation and the Atlantic Wall, but also the major sites of the landing on Utah Beach and of the dropping of the 82^nd and 101^st Airborne Divisions.

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At 4.30 a.m, in the same day, the landing began at La Madeleine in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. 22000 men and 1800 vehicles walked upon our land and established the link between Utah and Sainte-Mère-Eglise…

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Come and take part in the events of the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Sainte-Mère-Eglise and the surrounding area from the 1^st to the 11^th of June 2010.

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Interactive map of the landing in Normandy (6th of June 1944). The beaches, the Airborne divisions, tanks, …

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