Bénouville (Calvados)
Bénouville may refer to several communes in France: *Bénouville, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' *Bénouville, Seine-Maritime Bénouville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D11 and D72 roads and on ...

Bénouville, Calvados
Bénouville () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer close to Caen and Ouistreham. Sights * Château de Bénouville completed in 1777 by Claude Nicolas Ledoux * Pegasus Bridge * Memorial Pegasus D-Day and Pegasus Bridge Bénouville was the scene of the first – and possibly most vital – battle of the Allied invasion of Europe on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and the night before. From 12.15 am (British Double Summertime = 5 June at 23:15 hrs. German/Middle-European time), a reinforced company of glider-borne troops from the 2nd Batt. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major Reginald John Howard, landed around the bridge over the Caen Canal at Bénouville in three Horsa gliders and captured it from the Germans in a swift and dramatic attack. Contr ...
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