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Arromanches-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [aʁɔmɑ̃ʃ le bɛ̃] ; or
simply Arromanches) is a
commune in the
Calvados department in the
Normandy region...
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loaned to the
French Navy, and
renamed Arromanches; she was
bought by the
French in 1951.
Arromanches parti****ted in the
First Indochina War in three...
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higher tonnage of
supplies than at
Arromanches.
Salvageable parts of the
artificial port were sent to
Arromanches to
repair the
Mulberry there. Both harbours...
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constructed at
Arromanches by
British forces, the
other at
Omaha by
American forces. A
severe storm on 19 June destro**** the
Omaha harbour. The
Arromanches harbour...
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Normandy landings at
Arromanches on Gold
Beach in June 1944
during the
Second World War. In the 1970s the
towns of
Instow and
Arromanches instigated an arrangement...
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western flank, the 1st Battalion,
Hampshire Regiment captured Arromanches (****ure site of
Mulberry "B"), and
contact was made on the
eastern flank...
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bombs were launched. On 22–23 July,
Churchill went to
Cherbourg and
Arromanches where he saw the
Mulberry Harbour.
Churchill met
Roosevelt at the Second...
- operations, and
after the war
commanded the
French aircraft carrier Arromanches.
Arromanches carrier (in French) Jubelin, A.: The
Flying Sailor, London: Hurst...
- 1917, and
scuttled in July 1944 off the
Normandy beaches as part of the
Arromanches Breakwater. One of the fastest-built
ships of the time,
Dragon (pennant...
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western flank, the 1st Battalion,
Royal Hampshire Regiment captured Arromanches (****ure site of
Mulberry "B"), and
contact was made on the
eastern flank...
