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La Madeleine is a hamlet of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont village in North-western France which was one anchor point of the Utah Beach landings on the Dday invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europa, 6 June 1944. Geographically, the village was the edge of the allied right flank along the left bank of the river Douve estuary.
Map of La Madeleine, 50480 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France
On La Madeleine beach stands a museum dedicated to the Utah Beach landing.
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La Madeleine, Manche Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA