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La Madeleine, Manche
La Madeleine
is a hamlet of
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
village in North-western
France
which was one
anchor point
of the
Utah Beach
landings
on the
D-Day invasion
of Hitler's
Fortress Europa
,
6 June 1944
.
Geographically
,
the village
was the
edge
of the
allied
right
flank
along the
left bank
of
the river
Douve
estuary
.
On La Madeleine beach
stands
a
museum
dedicated to the
Utah
Beach
landing
.