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    Canal de Caen à la Mer (English: Canal from Caen to the sea, also called the "Caen Canal") is a short canal in the department (préfecture) of Calvados...
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    A canal (Canal de Caen à la Mer) parallel to the Orne was built during the reign of Napoleon III to link the city to the sea at all times. The canal reaches...
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    northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer close to Caen and Ouistreham. Château de Bénouville completed in 1777 by Claude Nicolas...
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    in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is located on the Canal de Caen à la Mer. The population of this sleepy little village mushroomed after...
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    ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders the mouth of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. The name Ouistreham derives from Saxon...
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    a suburb of the city of Caen, and lies adjacent to it in a northeasterly direction, along the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. Its inhabitants...
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    of basins on the Canal de Caen à la Mer, linking Caen to Ouistreham, 15 km (9.3 m) downstream, on the English Channel. The port of Caen was originally composed...
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    the centre of Caen in Normandy, northern France. It is dedicated to Saint Peter. Known as Saint-Pierre of Darnetal, Saint-Pierre-sous-Caen, Saint-Pierre-du-Châtel...
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    the périphérique de Caen is 26 km (16 mi). Notable features include the Viaduc de Calix which spans the River Orne and Canal de Caen à la Mer. The idea...
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    (present day A379) was used in rehearsals for the D-Day attack on the 'Canal de Caen' (Pegasus Bridge) and the River Orne (Horsa Bridge), by the Second Battalion...
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    has been measured at 30 microsiemens per centimeter.[citation needed] Canal de Caen à la Mer Operation Tonga Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Orne (I2--0200)"...
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    Caen and its vicinity during the Battle of Normandy. Caen is about 9 mi (14 km) inland from the Calvados coast astride the Orne River and Caen Canal,...
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    northwestern France. Blainville-sur-Orne is on the west side of the Canal de Caen à la Mer, just south of Bénouville and the famous Pegasus Bridge of...
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    on Canal+'s La boîte à questions and France 5's C à Vous. "Novinky v našich kinách". SME.sk. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014. "Emilie Caen"....
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    The capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges (wrongly known as Operation Deadstick (which in fact was a specialized glider exercise), and in official...
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    The Château de Bénouville (French pronunciation: [ʃato də benuvil]) is a building in Bénouville, Normandy, near Caen (northern France). It was designed...
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    This is a list of the navigable canals and rivers in France. For reference purposes, all waterways are listed, including many that have been abandoned...
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  • timeline of the history of the city of Caen, France. 912 – Caen becomes western capital of Normandy. 1060 – Château de Caen (castle) built by William the Conqueror...
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  • The plant was built along the right bank of the River Orne and of the Canal de Caen à la Mer. It originally covered an area 160 hectares and produced 250...
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    for deteriorating weather, developing the ports and Caen and Ouistreham, and opening the Canal de Caen à la Mer which ran between them. At the same time...
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    the city of Caen, tasked with a number of objectives. The division was to capture two strategically important bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River...
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  • and to ensure operation of the lock gates that gave access to the Canal de Caen à la Mer. The mission was successfully executed, and on 13 March 1945...
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  • dans le canal de Caen (Calvados, France). Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie, 10 10 100: 75–79. Bouillon, J. & G. Houvenaghel, 1970. Histophysiologie de la digestion...
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  • the Caen Canal; he and his platoon then came under attack by machine gun fire from the direction of the Gondree Cafe on the far side of the canal. Brotheridge...
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    : 646  The flight of 16 consecutive locks at Caen Hill on the Kennet and Avon Canal, Wiltshire The Llangollen Canal traverses the longest and highest aqueduct...
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    Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham in Normandy. The original bridge, built in 1934...
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    watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber in which...
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    the Plaine de Caen, where it crosses the river Dives. The road then heads Northwest into Caen in which the N13 is now de-classified. After Caen, the road...
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    British invasion beaches. Using two landing zones, one to the west of the Caen canal and the other to the east of the River Orne, Mallard was the third airborne...
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    Airborne Division was assigned to capture intact the bridges over the Caen Canal and River Orne. The Free French 4th SAS battalion of 538 men was assigned...
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