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    D-Day  D-DAY TO PARIS

    Jun 20, 2019 3 minutes

    1 7 June 1944

    Liberation of Bayeux

    he small city of Bayeux becomes the first French city of its size to be liberated after D-Day when the 50th Northumbrian Division move in with minimal German resistance. Scouts had sat on the outskirts of Bayeux the night before having successfully landed on Gold Beach with the city representing an important strategic point on the road joining Caen and Cherbourg. General Kraiss had decided to pull back his men rather than face British forces, which also saved

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