Oléron
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The Isle of Oléron or Oléron Island is an island off the Atlantic coast of France, on the southern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait.
Aerial photograph of Oléron
Vert bois Beach in the southwest of the island
Boyardville in 1910 (port in the north of Oléron island)
Château Fournier, located in Saint-Georges d'Oléron, bears witness to the island's wine-growing past. Today, it has been transformed into a retirement home.
Royan pocket
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The Royan pocket was one of the Atlantic pockets towards the end of World War II, an isolated position held by German troops left behind as the German army retreated from occupied France. It became im
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…Second World War, the island was occupied by German forces and fortified. It was liberated by Free French Forces in an amphibious assault code-named Operation Jupiter on 29 April 1945. The French cruiser Duquesne fired 550 heavy shells at the German artillery batteries, and the garrison surrendered on the following…
The USAAF's 447th Bomb Group helped raze the nearby city of Royan.