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Mémorial de Caen

d. 1988

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Photograph at the Mémorial de Caen war memorial

Museum and war memorial in Caen tracing the causes of the Second World War, the Battle of Normandy and the Cold War. Built on the site of the German command bunker of General Wilhelm Richter.

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Photograph of Mémorial de Caen

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  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) - never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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