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Delve into Colomby-sur-Thaon in France

Colomby-sur-Thaon in the region of Basse-Normandie with its 433 residents is a city in France - some 128 mi or ( 206 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital .

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Current time in Colomby-sur-Thaon is now 07:49 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: London, Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham, and Villons-les-Buissons. While being here, make sure to check out London . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Colomby-sur-Thaon ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

D-Day 60 years later. A trip to Normandy, part-1

9:39 min by raffy2006
Views: 60013 Rating: 4.70

Part 1 of a short video-report of a trip, my brother, his wife and I took to Normandy in june 2004. It was the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings and we took an authentic ww-2 Willys jeep and a Ha ..

WW II german Veteran (2 of 5) D-day Normandy 1944 / 2008

3:14 min by 1969Terminus
Views: 29343 Rating: 4.88

Reise in die Vergangenheit auf die Soldatenfriedhöfe. "Ich hatt einen Kameraden" A journey of a german veteran (12. SS Pz.Div.) into the past to cemetaries of german soldiers - who were killed in acti ..


Back to Normandy - My Dad

0:38 min by Ed Gay
Views: 8263 Rating: 4.97

A WWII vet returns to Juno Beach after 60 years ..

REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012 - D-DAY: JUNO BEACH, NORMANDY 2010

1:43 min by supercanadiandude
Views: 7658 Rating: 5.00

During the 'Victory in Europe Tour' in May 2010, students from Barrie Ontario describe being at Juno Beach in Normandy for the first time. Juno Beach was the code name of one of the five main landing ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery

The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is a cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The Cemetery is located in and named after Bény-sur-Mer in the Calvados department, near Caen in lower Normandy. As is typical of war cemeteries in France, the grounds are beautifully landscaped and immaculately kept.

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Located at 49.30 -0.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Canadian military memorials and cemeteries, Cemeteries in Calvados, Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France, History of Normandy, Military history of Canada during World War II, Operation Neptune, World War II cemeteries in France

Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds

The Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), or Large Heavy Ion National Accelerator, is a French national nuclear physics research center in Caen. The facility consists primarily of two serialised synchrocyclotrons.

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Located at 49.21 -0.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Laboratories, Nuclear research centers, Research institutes in France

Gare de Luc-sur-Mer

Luc-sur-Mer, was a railway station at on the Caen à la Mer railway and opened on 30 June 1875. In July 1876, the line was extended from Luc to Courseulles-sur-Mer The line from Luc to Courseulles was double in 1900 with the addition of a third 0.6m rail for trains of the Chemins de Fer du Calvados. The station closed in 1952. The station was situated near to Avenue Carnot (current name) where the narrow gauge line split, and went towards Ouistreham.

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Located at 49.32 -0.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Defunct railway stations in Lower Normandy, Railway stations closed in 1952, Railway stations opened in 1875, Région Ouest

Ardenne Abbey

Ardenne Abbey, "l'Abbaye d'Ardenne," or Abbaye Ardenne is the site of a Premonstratensian monastery in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, near Caen, France, containing a chapel built in 1121 and other medieval buildings. The Abbaye was used as an observation post by the Germans in the Battle of Normandy, and was heavily damaged by Allied forces. As a result, much of the Abbaye visible today has been rebuilt or restored.

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Located at 49.20 -0.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1121 establishments in France, Buildings and structures in Calvados, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century, Operation Overlord, Premonstratensian monasteries in France, Religious organizations established in the 1120s, Visitor attractions in Calvados, Visitor attractions in Lower Normandy, War crimes in France

Juno Beach

Juno or Juno Beach was one of five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. The sector spanned from Courseulles-sur-Mer, a village just east of the British Gold sector, to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, just west of the British Sword sector. The Juno landings were judged necessary to provide flanking support to the British drive on Caen from Sword, as well as to capture the German airfield at Carpiquet west of Caen.

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Located at 49.34 -0.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1944 in France, Battle for Caen, Battles of World War II involving Canada, Battles of World War II involving Germany, Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom, Conflicts in 1944, Military history of Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation Overlord