Major Alexandre Renaud Memorial Sainte-Mere-Eglise

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A memorial to Alexandre Renaud, the former major of Saint-Mere-Eglise when the Allies landed in WW2.

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Major Alexandre Renaud Memorial Sainte-Mere-Eglise

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Rue Général de Gaulle

50480Sainte-Mère-Église

Manche

France

Longitude:	-1.31718
Latitude:	49.408189

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Airborne Spirit Monument, Saint-Mere-Eglise

0.01 miles away

A monument to the Allied Airborne units who took part in Operation Overlord in June 1944.

Sainte-Mère-Eglise Liberation Monument

0.02 miles away

A monument to the liberation of Sainte-Mère-Eglise by the 82nd and 101st Divisions.

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

0.07 miles away

The church at Sainte-Mère-Église were on the night of June 5th-6th paratrooper John Steele hung from the church steeple for two hours after his parachute caught when the 82nd airborne division was mistakenly dropped onto the town