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Topic: Grangues


In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  Grangues and Gonneville-s-M. in Normandy 1944
Around 8 am the 45th Royal Marine Commando, the headquarter of the 1st Special Service Brigade, and the N°6 Commando had been all regrouped, the mission was completely successful.
In the next days, Grangues and Gonneville-sur-Mer were liberated by the Commandos who moved on toward the river Seine
Stele remembering the tragic event that took place in the area in the night of 6 June 1944.
www.normandie44lamemoire.com /versionanglaise/fichesvillesus/grangus2.html   (264 words)

  
 Grangues - Travel Guide, Tourism Information
Travel Guide > Towns > Lower Normandy > Calvados > Grangues
Old relay of hunting of 17th entirely renovated and remakes to nine.
France-Voyage.com cannot guarantee the full accuracy of the information provided in the Towns pages.
www.france-voyage.com /towns/grangues-1982.htm   (360 words)

  
 carte de la route des marais   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Marsh Route is a complete touristic circuit allowing the discovery of this very particular region.
On the northern side, after crossing the Dives river, the circuit leaves behind the low, flat areas only to begin the climb into the Pays d'Auge hillsides until a wide picturesque view of the marshes is displayed, which occurs as soon as you leave GRANGUES.
It is possible to start this circuit from D 49 at Dives-sur-Mer, D 513 at Varaville and N 815 at Troarn.
cambremer.free.fr /pages2_cambreme/carte_marais_gb.htm   (190 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - Stirling EF295
June 1944 a Stirling para-troop aircraft carrying men of the Royal Engineers, crashed near the village of Grangues in Normandy.
Four men died as a result of the crash and seven were disarmed and taken prisoner by the Germans.
Together with the two Glider Pilots all are buried in the cemetery at Weston-Super-Mare.
www.rogallo.co.uk /aea/rolls/stirling.htm   (106 words)

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