Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁbuʁ ɑ̃ kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; Norman: Tchidbouo) is a port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern... 10 KB (679 words) - 19:09, 30 October 2023 |
Cherbourg's Gare Maritime or Gare Maritime Transatlantique was a railway station at the end of the railway line from Paris' Gare Saint-Lazare and of the... 3 KB (369 words) - 22:43, 2 April 2024 |
Jean de la Couldre, Comte de La Bretonnière, 6/8 July 1741, to 25 November 1809, was a French naval officer and engineer, who designed Cherbourg Harbour... 5 KB (508 words) - 03:27, 31 January 2022 |
Cotentin Peninsula (redirect from Cherbourg peninsula) rest of Manche. The largest town on the peninsula is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, a major cross-channel port on the north coast, with a population of approximately... 16 KB (1,607 words) - 15:03, 25 April 2024 |
Mantes-la-Jolie, a western suburb of Paris, with the northwestern port city Cherbourg via Caen. At Mantes-la-Jolie, the railway line is connected with... 4 KB (318 words) - 02:37, 21 August 2021 |
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Gare de Cherbourg is the railway station of the city of Cherbourg, Normandy, France. It is the western terminus of the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway... 3 KB (211 words) - 21:42, 19 February 2024 |
Charles François Dumouriez (category Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe) on the defence of Normandy and Cherbourg navy port, which procured for him in 1778 the post of commandant of Cherbourg. He administered it with much success... 40 KB (4,301 words) - 12:14, 6 May 2024 |
busy brasserie and cinema in Cherbourg, takes the easy-going Odile who lives with him to the funeral of her father in Port-en-Bessin. The two are bored... 6 KB (630 words) - 07:31, 9 January 2024 |
harbor was dubbed Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Port of Our Lady of the Angels) by Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza in 1791. By the mid-19th... 35 KB (3,240 words) - 22:33, 4 May 2024 |
for the capture of the cities of Cherbourg and Octeville, with the critically important port facilities in Cherbourg. Carentan is close to the sites of... 8 KB (821 words) - 02:02, 6 March 2024 |
The Raid on Cherbourg took place in August 1758 during the Seven Years' War when a British force was landed on the coast of France by the Royal Navy with... 5 KB (603 words) - 13:50, 27 February 2024 |
Operation Overlord (section Cherbourg) in Normandy would permit simultaneous threats against the port of Cherbourg, coastal ports further west in Brittany, and an overland attack towards Paris... 96 KB (11,956 words) - 00:28, 29 April 2024 |
Marie François Cachin was a French engineer, most notable for his work at Cherbourg Harbour. He was born in Castres on October 2, 1757 and died in Paris on... 7 KB (931 words) - 23:55, 29 August 2023 |
Operation Aerial (section Cherbourg and Saint-Malo) important ports, were covered by 1 Squadron, 73 Squadron and 242 Squadron, with a small detachment covering Brest. Saint-Malo and Cherbourg were protected... 56 KB (7,475 words) - 03:57, 5 March 2024 |
Ferries on the route between Poole on the south coast of England and Cherbourg, France. She was built at Masa Yards Turku New Shipyard in Finland for... 13 KB (1,310 words) - 21:15, 2 April 2024 |