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Bernières-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
In 1944, Le Régiment de la Chaudière, a French Canadian infantry unit, came ashore at Bernières-sur-Mer as a part of Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings which began the liberation of France in World War II.
In 1944, Le Régiment de la Chaudière, a French Canadian infantry unit, came ashore at Bernières-sur-Mer as a part of Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings which began the liberation of France in World War II.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernières-sur-Mer
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°19'49"N -0°25'19"E
- London 259 km
- Bristol 295 km
- Birmingham 382 km
- Sheffield 474 km
- Manchester 488 km
- City of Salford 490 km
- Leeds 512 km
- Dublin 619 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne 647 km
- Belfast 714 km
- Juno Beach (Nan Sector) 0.5 km
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer 2 km
- Courseulles-sur-Mer 2.2 km
- Langrune Sur Mer 3.8 km
- Douvres-la-Délivrande 4.9 km
- Luc-sur-Mer 5.4 km
- Lion-sur-Mer 7.2 km
- Sword Beach 8.1 km
- Hermanville-sur-Mer 8.9 km
- Gold Beach 10 km