bargemen to name the canal after the location where it starts. For example, the Canal Vire-et-Taute in Cotentin was called "canal des Ourmes" the name...
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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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Saint-Lô (redirect from Gare de Saint Lô)
to bring the sea to Saint-Lô making the River Vire navigable. The creation of the Vire and Taute Canal [fr] in 1833 allowed the establishment of the connection...
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Leland Hobbs (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
Division fought in the Battle of Normandy and secured the Vire-et-Taute Canal, crossed the Vire River, July 7, and, beginning on July 25 spearheaded the...
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the initial D-Day landings of 6 June 1944, secured the Vire-et-Taute Canal, crossed the Vire River on 7 July. Beginning on 25 July, the 30th Division...
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William Kelly Harrison Jr. (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
Normandy on June 11, 1944. Harrison participated in the combat at Vire-et-Taute Canal and on Vire River and quickly won the admiration of his troops by accompanying...
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remediated and transformed into rich meadows, at the confluence of the Taute and the Douve. The city, at the gateway to the Cotentin Peninsula and the...
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1944 Kommerscheidt, Germany GI 44 Prelude to Breakout 7 July 1944 Vire et Taute Canal, France GI 45 Hide and Seek 7 June 1944 Normandy, France GI 46 Operation...
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