Country France Department Calvados Canton Douvres-la-Délivrande Area 7.66 km² | Region Normandy Arrondissement Caen Population (2008) 2,371 Local time Saturday 11:46 PM | |
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Bernières-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The town was liberated by The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada on the 6th of June, 1944 as part of the leading assault wave of D-Day Operation Overlord which began the liberation of France in World War II. Later, a French Canadian unit, the Le Régiment de la Chaudière, landed in reserve as part of the 8th Canadian Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division.
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Map of Berni%C3%A8res-sur-Mer, France
Twin towns
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Bernières-sur-Mer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA