Base ULM de Courseulles sur Mer

Base ULM de Courseulles sur Mer is an aerodrome in Reviers, Arrondissement of Caen, Normandy. Base ULM de Courseulles sur Mer is situated nearby to the neighborhood Le Parc Saint-Ursin, as well as near Les Jardins de Courseulles.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Juno Beach and Juno Beach Centre.

Juno Beach

Battlefield

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Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War.

Juno Beach Centre

Museum

Photo: Dr. Alexander Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Juno Beach Centre is a museum located in Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Calvados region of Normandy, France. It is situated immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno, the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6 June 1944.

Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is a burial ground containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fontaine-Henry.

Courseulles-sur-Mer

Village

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Courseulles-sur-Mer, commonly known as Courseulles, is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Until 1957, the town's name was simply Courseulles.

Fontaine-Henry

Village

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Fontaine-Henry is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France. The commune is known for its chateau, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries on the foundations of an earlier fortress built by Guillaume de Tilly, sieur de Fontaine-Henry, named in honour of his cousin Henry II of England.