Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery

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Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery contains the graves of 3,735 German soldiers. Many of these soldiers came from the 15th/7th Army and the 5th Panzer Army who had managed to withdraw from the Falaise pocket suffering heavy losses.

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Location

D159

14100 St. Desir-de-Lisieux

Calvados

France

Longitude:	0.164124
Latitude:	49.139557

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St Désir Commonwealth War Cemetery

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A Memorial and Oak tree commemorating the liberation of the town by the British Commandos of the 4th Special Service Brigade, on 21 August 1944.

Pont Oxf & Bucks, Touques

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A bridge named after the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment who liberated Touques on the 24th August 1944.