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Explore Fontaine-Henry in France

Fontaine-Henry in the region of Basse-Normandie with its 536 inhabitants is a place in France - some 130 mi or ( 209 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital city .

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Time in Fontaine-Henry is now 07:15 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: London, Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham, and Reviers. Since you are here already, consider visiting London . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Fontaine-Henry ? 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

Beny-sur-Mer Airfield

Beny-sur-Mer Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1 km north-northeast of Beny-sur-Mer in the Basse-Normandie region, France.

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Located at 49.30 -0.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: World War II airfields in France

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 3 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

Gare de Courseulles-sur-Mer

Courseulles, was a railway station at the end of the CF Caen-Mer, terminus of trains from Caen and Luc-sur-Mer. The station and extension of the line opened in July 1876 and doubling of the track with the addition of a third rail for 0.60m trains in 1900. The station closed in 1952. The station was situated Place du 6 Juin (current name) next to the Hôtel de Paris and the fishing harbour on the Seulles. the standard gauge railway ended whilst the 0.6m line continued to Bayeux.

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Located at 49.33 -0.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 1876 establishments in France, Defunct railway stations in Lower Normandy, Railway stations closed in 1952, Railway stations opened in 1876, Région Ouest

Buron

Büron is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

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Located at 49.22 -0.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Hameaux in Calvados, Municipalities in the Province of León, Municipalities of the canton of Lucerne, Populated places in the Province of León

Juno Beach Centre

The Juno Beach Centre or, in French, Centre Juno Beach, is a museum located in Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Calvados region of Normandy, France. It is situated immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno, the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6 June 1944.

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Located at 49.34 -0.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Museums in Calvados, World War II museums in France

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