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Source: allpics4u.com
Roundup: Pop Culture & the Arts ... Movies, Documentaries and Museum Exhibits
9-1-09

Normandy 1944 - Then and Now

BERNIERES SUR MER
Typical Norman house located along the beach at Juno Beach.
(Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / Archives Nationales du CANADA)

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3 Normandy 1944 Then and Now

BERNIERES SUR MER
Canadian troops going ashore on Juno Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944.
(Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / Archives Nationales du CANADA )

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CAEN
Sherman tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers advancing into Caen. 10 July 1944.
(Photo : Harold G. Aikman / Library and Archives Canada / PA-162667)

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CAEN
Place Foch. World War I memorial and rubble of the German kommandantur.
(Photo : Archives Départementales du Calvados)

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