looking right down on Caen, and however anybody lived under that, I do not know! Now, from the time it started until the last bomb dropped it was nearly unbearable. One shell went over, and then ...

A place for Peace In 1988, the then ... Caen managed to find shelter in the ‘Abbaye aux Hommes’, (Men’s Abbey) originally built under the patronage of William the Conqueror. The ‘Abbaye ...

Widerstandsnest 17, or Hillman as it was known to the British Infantry of the 3rd Division as it came ashore on D-Day had to confront this formidable defensive position before they could continue ...

"He had wanted to seize Caen, advance to Falaise and then break through to Paris. That was always the stated objectives and either he didn't really plan to do that or he got it badly wrong.

looking right down on Caen, and however anybody lived under that, I do not know! Now, from the time it started until the last bomb dropped it was nearly unbearable. One shell went over, and then ...

A place for Peace In 1988, the then ... Caen managed to find shelter in the ‘Abbaye aux Hommes’, (Men’s Abbey) originally built under the patronage of William the Conqueror. The ‘Abbaye ...