Cherbourg
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Cherbourg is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged into the commune of Cherbourg-Octev
May 2006 aerial view of Cherbourg
The Montagne du Roule seen from the commercial harbour.
The Normandie Express catamaran ferry at Cherbourg
![A bus of the Zéphir Bus [fr] network of Cherbourg.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Heuliez_GX_317_n%C2%B0814_Schuman_-_Z%C3%A9phir_Bus.JPG/500px-Heuliez_GX_317_n%C2%B0814_Schuman_-_Z%C3%A9phir_Bus.JPG)
A bus of the Zéphir Bus [fr] network of Cherbourg.
Operation Overlord
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Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was la
Cherbourg
…years later, Cherbourg, the only deep-water port in the region, was the primary objective of the American troops who had landed at Utah Beach during the Battle of Normandy. The Battle of Cherbourg was required to give the Allies a point of logistic support for human resupply and material of the troops. American troops…
LSTs with barrage balloons deployed, unloading supplies on Omaha Beach for the breakout from Normandy
D-day assault routes into Normandy
Air plan for the Allied landing in Normandy
Remains of the concrete Mulberry harbour B (Gold) at Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy, as seen out at sea and on the beach in 1990