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About 39 miles away
White chalk arches that inspired Monet, on the Normandy coast.
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Pegasus Bridge
The canal bridge seized by British glider troops just after midnight on D-Day, the first fight of the invasion.
- Open
- Closed in December and January
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Avenue du Major Howard, 14860 RanvilleDirections
- Getting There
- About 15 minutes by car northeast of Caen.
Why Go
Three gliders landed within meters of the bridge, and the soldiers took it in minutes. The original bridge now stands in the garden of the Pegasus Memorial museum, with a replica glider.
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