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Bénouville: Pegasus Bridge Pegasus Bridge, Bénouville, France.

Bénouville

town, France
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Bénouville, town, Normandy région, northwestern France. Located 2.4 miles (4 km) southwest of Ouistreham and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Caen by road, it is situated at a road crossing of the Caen ship canal, which links those two cities. Early in the morning of D-Day (June 6, 1944), during the Normandy Invasion of World War II, a force of British paratroopers landed by glider at Bénouville to capture the canal bridge and the...

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