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.

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Monuments

Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (museum, literally the Atlantic Wall)
Musée du Débarquement n° 4 Commando (museum)

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History

June 6, 1944, it is in Ouistreham which only the French forces implied in the (Unloading) unloaded, 177 men of the Commando Kieffer.


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