2nd French Armored Division Landings Monument
A monument to General Leclerc’s 2nd Armoured Division of the Free French Army who landed on this stretch of Utah beach on the 1st August 1944
Next to the monument is a Sherman tank and a long the beach many of the original bunkers, tobruks and other fortifications can be explored.
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LE 6 JUIN 1944
DÉBARQUEMENT
A L'AUBE LES
ARMEES ALLIEES
ICI ABORDA LE
GENERAL LECLERC
COMMANDANT LA 2eme DIV.BLINDEE
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Which translates to
The 6 June 1944 landing at dawn the Allied Armies breach here. General Leclerc commander 2nd armoured division
