Chart of the Normandy Landings, 6 June 1944:: OS grid SZ6498 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

SZ6498 : Chart of the Normandy Landings, 6 June 1944

near to Southsea, Portsmouth, Great Britain

Chart of the Normandy Landings, 6 June 1944.

This is inside the D-Day Museum. It shows the broad routes taken by the shipping which sailed across the Channel on the night 5-6 June 1944. The 5 landing beaches were code-named Utah, Omaha, Sword, Gold and Juno. British troops were heavily involved on the last three of these.

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2004

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Grid Square: SZ6498, 370 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Colin Smith (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Sunday, 6 June, 2004 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 1 June, 2006
Category: Historical item (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SZ 642 981 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:46.7360N 1:5.4468W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SZ 642 981
View Direction: South-southwest (about 202 degrees)