France Normandy, Benouville, Pegasus bridge cafe, first building to be liberated on D-Day

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France Normandy, Benouville, Pegasus bridge cafe, standing beside Pegasus bridge, scene of the opening action in the early hours of 6June 1944 of operation Overlord, the D-Day landings. This cafe thus became the first building to be liberated in the allied invasion of Europe

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Size: 5184px × 3455px
Location: France Normandy, Benouville near Ouistreham
Photo credit: © Rolf Richardson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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