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Touring Ussy in France

Ussy in the region of Basse-Normandie with its 848 citizens is a city located in France - some 120 mi or ( 193 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Ussy

Time in Ussy is now 12:22 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: London, Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham, and Saint-Sylvain. Being here already, consider visiting London . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Ussy ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Destruction du château d'eau à Falaise route de Putanges.

0:51 min by nimapoggy
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Ils ne le font même pas à la dynamite ! décevant... ..

Chateau de Falaise : William the Conqueror's Normandy Castle

3:40 min by Phil in Normandy
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Château de Falaise, the castle in Falaise, Normandy (France) where William the Conquerer was born . visitnormandy.wordpress.com ..


Joan of Arc to William the Conqueror Everardt's photos around Falaise, France (basse-normandie)

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
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Back to the Bocage 2006

2:12 min by jonsm114
Views: 266 Rating: 5.00

2nd Armored in Europe, trip across France in July of 2006, Operation Cobra. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Gare de Falaise

Falaise was a railway station in the French town of Falaise, Calvados. The station was built by the CF de l'Ouest in pure Ouest architecture, and opened on 1 November 1859. It saw the arrival of a line from Flers on 15 April 1874 and from Falaise-Château by the Calvados railway in 1904 (0.6m). The main line to Caen closed on 1 July 1953 and the branch line from Berjou on 1 March 1938. at the birth of the SNCF. The narrow gauge line closed in 1932.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 48.90 -0.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1859 establishments in France, Defunct railway stations in Lower Normandy, Railway stations closed in 1953, Railway stations opened in 1859, Région Ouest

Falaise pocket

The battle of the Falaise Pocket, fought during the Second World War from 12–21 August 1944, was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy. Taking its name from the pocket around the town of Falaise within which Army Group B, consisting of the German Seventh and Fifth Panzer Armies became encircled by the advancing Western Allies, the battle is also referred to as the Falaise Gap after the corridor which the Germans sought to maintain to allow their escape.

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Located at 48.89 -0.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland, Battles of World War II involving Canada, Battles of World War II involving France, Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom, Battles of World War II involving the United States, Military operations of World War II involving Germany, Operation Overlord

Operation Tractable

Operation Tractable was the final offensive conducted by Canadian and Polish Army troops, supported by one brigade of British tanks, as part of the Battle of Normandy. The goal of this operation was to capture the strategically important French town of Falaise, and following that, the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois.

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Located at 48.89 -0.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1944 in France, Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland, Battles of World War II involving Canada, Conflicts in 1944, Military operations of World War II involving Germany, Operation Overlord

Operation Mallard

Operation Mallard was the codename for an airborne forces operation which was conducted by the British Army on 6 June 1944, as part of the Normandy landings. The mission's objective was to airlift glider infantry of the 6th Airlanding Brigade and divisional troops to reinforce the 6th Airborne Division on the left flank of the British invasion beaches.

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Located at 49.03 -0.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1944 in France, Airborne operations, Battles and operations of World War II involving Germany, Battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom, Conflicts in 1944, Glider Pilot Regiment operations, Operation Overlord

Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery

The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is a Cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the later stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The Cemetery is located in and named after Bretteville-sur-Laize in the Calvados department, near Caen and Falaise in lower Normandy.

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Located at 49.06 -0.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 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