Ouistreham
Ouistreham is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14150. The INSEE code is 14488.
Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a scheduled ferry service to Portsmouth.
Monuments
- Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (museum, literally the Atlantic Wall)
- Musée du Débarquement n° 4 Commando (museum)
History
- June 6, 1944, it is in Ouistreham which only the French forces implied in the (Unloading) unloaded, 177 men of the Commando Kieffer.