La Madeleine, Manche

La Madeleine (French pronunciation: [la madlɛn] ⓘ) is a hamlet of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont village in North-western France which was one anchor point of the Utah Beach landings[1] on the D-Day 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.

On La Madeleine beach stands a museum dedicated to the Utah Beach landing.

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1. ^ La Madeleine on Google map

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49°24′50″N 1°11′9″W﻿ / ﻿49.41389°N 1.18583°W﻿ / 49.41389; -1.18583

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