Horsa Bridge
Horsa Bridge, also known as Ranville Bridge, over the Orne river, was, along with Pegasus Bridge, captured during Operation Tonga by gliderborne troops of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in a coup de main operation in the opening minutes of D-Day, 6 June 1944.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jérémy Qtn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in France
- Also known as: “Horsa bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memorial Pegasus and Pegasus Bridge.
Memorial Pegasus
Museum
Photo: Patrbe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Memorial Pegasus at Ranville in Lower Normandy is a museum and memorial to the 6th Airborne Division in the Normandy landings and particular the capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. Memorial Pegasus is situated 420 metres northwest of Horsa Bridge.
Pegasus Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pegasus Bridge, originally called the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham in Normandy. Pegasus Bridge is situated 590 metres northwest of Horsa Bridge.
Café Gondrée
Café
Photo: Rundvald, Public domain.
The Café Gondrée is a small coffeehouse in the French community of Bénouville. The cafe is located on the west bank of the Caen Canal, at the northwest end of the Bénouville Bridge, now commonly referred to as the Pegasus Bridge. Café Gondrée is situated 640 metres west of Horsa Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ranville and Amfreville.
Ranville
Village
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ranville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Ranville was the first French village liberated on D-Day.
Amfreville
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amfreville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. Amfreville is situated 2½ km east of Horsa Bridge.
Hérouvillette
Village
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hérouvillette is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Hérouvillette is situated 3 km southeast of Horsa Bridge.
Horsa Bridge
- Category: transportation
- Location: Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.2403° or 49° 14′ 25″ northLongitude
-0.26678° or 0° 16′ 0″ westOpen location code
8CXX6PRM+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 958458204OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q1628940
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Horsa Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “霍爾薩橋”
- French: “pont de Ranville”
- French: “Pont de Ranville”
- German: “Horsabrücke”
- Japanese: “オルサ橋”
- Japanese: “ホルサ橋”
- Spanish: “puente de Ranville”
- Spanish: “Puente Horsa”
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Highlights include Opération Deadstick and Esplanade Major John Howard.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Horsa Bridge”. Photo: Jérémy Qtn, CC BY-SA 4.0.