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Vierville may
refer to the
following communes in France:
Vierville-sur-Mer,
location of
Omaha Beach, a 1944 D-Day
landing spot, in
Normandy Vierville...
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Vierville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [vjɛʁvil syʁ mɛʁ] ,
literally Vierville on Sea) is a
commune in the
Calvados department in
Normandy region in...
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Vierville (French pronunciation: [vjɛʁvil]) is a
former commune in the
Manche department in
Normandy in north-western France. On 1
January 2019, it was...
- 116th
Infantry Regiment,
advanced four
miles (6 km) to the key town of
Vierville-sur-Mer, thus
opening the
breach for
supporting troops to
follow up and...
- the
English Channel, from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of
Vierville-sur-Mer on the
right bank of the
Douve river estuary.
Landings here were...
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report Rommel's
repositioning of the 116th
Panzer and 81st
Divisions near
Vierville. Ike is
forced to de-escalate a
heated debate between Traff and Bradley...
- Brucheville, Catz, Montmartin-en-Graignes, Saint-Hilaire-Petitville, and
Vierville joined the
commune of Carentan. The
communes of Carentan, Angoville-au-Plain...
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infantry reinforcements, the 502nd is then
tasked with
clearing the town of
Vierville on D-Day+1, with ****istance from an M5
Stuart light tank
whose commander...
- for 6
miles (10 km) from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of
Vierville-sur-Mer. The
beach defences at
Omaha consisted of
eight concrete bunkers...
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Vierville (French pronunciation: [vjɛʁvil]) is a
commune in the Eure-et-Loir
department and Centre-Val de
Loire region of north-central France. It lies...
