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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Calvados
Commune in Normandy, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dy mɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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World War II
During World War II, the area was heavily bombarded on several occasions during May and early June 1944 by Allied bombers, attacking German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall just north of the commune along the coast.
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont was liberated by American Ranger forces on 7 June 1944 after moving inland from Pointe du Hoc. The area north of the commune was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a combat airfield, known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-1" (Saint-Pierre-du-Mont). The airfield was used between early June and September 1944. It was abandoned after the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies.[3]
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